Black Women in the Apartheid Uprisings
Thursday 19 July 7pm to 9pm,
Pimlico Academy
Lupus Street, SW1
Tube: Pimlico Victoria line (5 mins walk)
Entry: £6.00 Pay on the door, first come first served.
The recent anniversary of the Soweto Uprisings (June 16 1976) passed unnoticed in most white media. Black Women played a crucial part in South Africas liberation from Apartheid but like many women freedom fighters in Africa, their role has been under-reported and under-valued.
This presentation, hosted by Dr June Bam-Huchison, will explain the role of African and so-called 'coloured' women in the struggle since the 1950's to 1976. In particular we will cover..
- Methods of resistance: Not just the gun
- Beauty as a form of oppression: The role of the dentist
- Methods of oppression: birth control and experimentation
- Male female relationships: How does a couple involved in resistance work survive ?
- Life in prison for men, and what it means for women
- The role of female sex workers in the struggle
- Love and Liberation music
Dr June Bam Huchison is a Khoi woman from South Africa and resistance leader who lived through the Soweto Uprisings and survived dragnets and death threats to become a member of the post-apartheid government. She is the author of Peeping Through the Reeds a semi-autobiographical book of life in South Africa.
More info and book here http://www.peepingthroughreeds.co.uk/