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From the Archives: Anti-Apartheid Activists.

South African playwright Athol Fugard. He still makes his home in South Africa, though he writes plays which confront the apartheid system; his plays were the among the first to bring white and black actors on stage together. Perhaps his most well known play was "Master Harold and the Boys"; his latest work was 1993's "Playland." (Rebroadcast of 02/18/1986)

Professor of African Literature (at the University of Pittsburgh) Dennis Brutus. An exiled poet, he spent years in prison with Nelson Mandela; he has since been granted a passport from South Africa, though he chooses to live in the United States. (Rebroadcast of 02/25/1986)

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Fresh Air with Terry Gross, April 22, 1994: Interviews with Rian Malan, Emma Mashinini, and Helen Suzman; Interviews with Athol Fugars and Dennis Brutus; Interview with Desmond Tutu.
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From the Archives: Memoirs of Speaking Against Apartheid.

White South African writer Rian Malan. Malan is an Afrikaner, descendent of a family that settled in South Africa over three hundred years ago, and Malan's great-uncle was the chief architect of the Apartheid system. Malan only realized the horror of Apartheid after he became a crime reporter for a Johannesburg paper. What he learned led him to leave South Africa, and spend the next eight years in exile.

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Danny Glover on Playing Nelson Mandela.

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Athol Fugard Shines a Light on the Effects of South African Apartheid.

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