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Title: Protest for release of prisoners, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Political prisoners, Apartheid, Youth, Demonstrations
Description: Protest for release of prisoners, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:17922

Title: Oral history interview with Achmad Cassiem, a political activist and prisoner on Robben Island [Part 1 of 2]
Subject: Oral history, Sobukwe, Robert Mangaliso, Political activists--South Africa--Biography, Pan Africanist Congress--History, South Africa--Politics and government--1961-1978, Anti-apartheid movements--South Africa--History, Government, Resistance to--South Africa,
Description: The interviews in this collection focus on the life history of Robert Sobukwe, teacher, lecturer, lawyer, secretary of the African National Congress (ANC) Branch in Standerton and first president of the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC). Interviewees include Achmat Cassiem (activist and Robben Island prisoner), Benjamin Pogrund (author of his autobiography), Charmaine van Tonder (Robert Sobukwe's neighbour) and Dinilesizwe Sobukwe (Robert Sobukwe's son). Themes include: the controversy regarding his burial; the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC); reflections on his funeral; his life on Robben Island; Sobukwe as a father; the Sharpeville Massacre and his work at the University of the Witwatersrand (WITS) . This sub-collection originated as research for the Albert Luthuli Young Historians award 2010., Pin13.01a.mp3: Part 1 of 2 ; 47:02 min. ; interview 1 of 5
Identifier: islandora:19438

Title: Prisoners released, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Political prisoners, Apartheid
Description: Prisoners released, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:17923

Title: Prisoners arrive in the harbour, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Political prisoners, Apartheid
Description: Detainees and house arrest.
Identifier: islandora:17916

Title: People demand the release of political prisoners, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Apartheid, De Klerk, F. W. (Frederik Willem), Demonstrations
Description: People demand the release of political prisoners, Cape Town
Identifier: islandora:16092

Title: People hold a candlelight vigil for those in prison, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Apartheid, Political activists, Communities
Description: Thousands of township residents, like this family, last night turned off their lights and held a candlelight vigil in front of their homes, shops and garages in sympathy with all those in detention, those killed during the unrest and as a protest against the state of emergency. Some people had candles inside their cars and hooted as they drove. A spokesman for the Athlone People's Action Committee said last night that the call for the vigil had been 90 to 100 percent successful.
Identifier: islandora:16245

Title: Prisoner released, Cape Town
Subject: Pinelands (Cape Town, South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Political prisoners, Apartheid
Description: After more than eight weeks in detention Mr Edwin Angless walked unexpectedly into his family's Pinelands home today. Here, he is greeted by his mother, Mrs Louise Angless, and his sister, Teresa, 17.
Identifier: islandora:17904

Title: ANC prisoners released from Robben Island, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Political prisoners, Apartheid, African National Congress
Description: Released: the first six ANC prisoners from Robben Island yesterday after spending three to 10 years are from left, Eddie Humalog, Nelson Topeka, Mohan Mmoledi, Vuyisile Mbundu, Bushy Maape and Norman Yengeni. Western Cape United Democratic Front (UDF) spokesman Trevor Manuel is in the white shirt. At the back is Mr Amos Lengisi, joint secretary of the UDF in the Western Cape.
Identifier: islandora:17907

Title: Parents of prisoner, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Political prisoners, Apartheid
Description: Feeling shattered - Katie and William De Klerk with a picture of daughter Venetia, 19, whose "home" for the next 12 months is Pollsmoor Prison.
Identifier: islandora:17910

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