Catalogue Number
NMLH.1990.57
Object Name
Leaflet
Title
DEMO! Isolate Apartheid South Africa Now
Place
South Africa; Namibia; London; Angola; Zimbabwe
People
African National Congress (ANC); Anti Apartheid Movement
Events
demonstration
Description
Printed leaflet with very large, bold text reading "DEMO!" Smaller headers read "ISOLATE APARTHEID SOUTH AFRICA NOW - LONDON: SUNDAY MARCH 14 1982", "FORWARD TO FREEDOM IN NAMIBIA & SOUTH AFRICA! ANTI APARTHEID MOVEMENT". On the back is more text with details of the campaign's aims to "undermine the apartheid economy and its war machine".
Apartheid was a system in South Africa which meant that racial segregation was enforced by law. South Africa also extended these laws over to Namibia (then South West Africa), one of the last countries in Africa to gain independence in 1990. Apartheid formally ended in South Africa in 1990, a new constitution was adopted in 1993, and the first all-race national elections were held in 1994.
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