6 August 2007
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AfricaFocus Bulletin is pleased to announce the forthcoming publication of:
No Easy Victories: African Liberation and American Activists over a Half Century, 1950-2000
Edited by William Minter, Gail Hovey, and Charles Cobb Jr. With a foreword by Nelson Mandela. Large format. 120 photographs. Forthcoming in October from Africa World Press.
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FOR THE FIRST TIME, A PANORAMIC VIEW OF U.S. ACTIVISM ON AFRICA FROM 1950 TO 2000.
Hundreds of thousands of Americans mobilized to oppose apartheid in the 1980s. That successful movement built on decades of behind-the-scenes links between African liberation movements and American activists, both black and white.
Lavishly illustrated with 120 photos, No Easy Victories draws on the voices of activists of several generations to explore this largely untold history. While U.S.-based groups and individuals contributed to African liberation, African struggles also inspired U.S. activism, including the civil rights and black power movements.
Today Africa and the world face global injustices as deadly as apartheid. Understanding this history of solidarity is essential for finding new paths to a future of equal human rights for all.
"We were part of a worldwide movement that continues today to redress the economic and social injustices that kill body, mind, and spirit. No Easy Victories makes clear that our lives and fortunes around the globe are indeed linked." - Nelson Mandela
Contents
An Unfinished Journey by William Minter, editor of AfricaFocus Bulletin.
The 1950s: Africa Solidarity Rising by Lisa Brock, history professor at Columbia College Chicago and author of "Between Race and Empire."
The 1960s: Making Connections by Mimi Edmunds, teacher and film producer whose work includes 10 years with 60 Minutes.
The 1970s: Expanding Networks by Joseph F. Jordan, director of the Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Black Culture and History at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill.
The 1980s: The Anti-Apartheid Convergence by David Goodman, author of "Fault Lines: Journeys into the New South Africa" and co-author of the bestseller "Static."
The 1990s: Seeking New Directions by Walter Turner, San Francisco Bay Area activist, teacher, and radio journalist with KPFA/Pacifica.
Editors
William Minter taught at the secondary school of the Mozambique Liberation Front in 1966 68 and 1974 76. An independent scholar and activist, he is the author of "Apartheid's Contras" and other books.
Gail Hovey was among the founders of "Southern Africa" magazine in 1964 and worked in South Africa in 1966-67. She served as research director for the American Committee on Africa/The Africa Fund, as managing editor of "Christianity and Crisis," and as executive director of Grassroots International.
Charles Cobb Jr., senior correspondent for allAfrica.com, was a field secretary for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) in Mississippi in 1962 67. His books include "Radical Equations" (with Robert Moses) and "On the Road to Freedom: A Guided Tour of the Civil Rights Trail".
8.5" x 11", 120 photographs, 264 pages. $29.95 list price.
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