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 [Levine and Vilakazi talk about the life of Nelson Mandela] Original Airdate: 6/20/1990 Length: 00:04:58 Item Type: newstape - edited story master Go to full description for this item. Description : Abstract Carmen Fields interviews South African exiles Themba Vilakazi and Janet Levine about the life and political development of Nelson Mandela (black South African leader). Vilakazi and Levine discuss Mandela's beginnings as a lawyer, his arrest and imprisonment, and his refusal to renounce armed struggle as a means to end apartheid. Vilakazi and Levine talk about the importance of Mandela as a symbol. Levine talks about Winnie Mandela (wife of Nelson Mandela) and her role in the struggle against apartheid. Vilakazi says that apartheid laws are still in place and that black South Africans are still struggling against the white regime. Fields notes that the figure of Nelson Mandela embodies the struggle of a nation; she adds that Nelson Mandela has great moral authority. Fields's report includes footage and photographs of Nelson Mandela and Winnie Mandela from the 1950s to the present and footage of events in South Africa from the 1950s to the present. Contributor : Reporter Carmen Fields
Subject : Keywords Apartheid Subject : Personal Names Fields, Carmen Levine, Janet Mandela, Nelson Mandela, Winnie Vilakazi, Themba Subject : Corporate Names (Organization names) African National Congress (ANC) Subject : Geographic Locations South Africa Type : Genre News - Television |
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