Local AA groups

Leaflet publicising an Anti-Apartheid Festival in Southall Park, West London on 18 June 1988. The Festival featured South African jazz musician Jonas Gwangwa and poet Benjamin Zephaniah, as well as children’s events and food stalls. It was organised by Ealing AA Group, with support from the London Borough of Ealing.

Leaflet advertising a meeting exposing South Africa’s attacks on the independent states of Southern Africa. The meeting was organised by Ealing Anti-Apartheid Group and the West London branch of the charity War on Want.

Resolutions to Bath AA Group’s AGM in 1988 included a commendation of Bath Trades Council’s support for South African trade unionists and recognition of the growing importance of the churches in South Africa in the anti-apartheid struggle. A resolution highlighted the lack of awareness of apartheid among local young people and committed the group to ask schools and teachers organisations to organise educational sessions. 

Poster publicising an anti-apartheid conference organised by a coalition of groups in south London in April 1988. 

Young AAM supporters at a vigil for the Sharpeville Six in front of Nottingham Town Hall on 13 April 1998.

Leaflet advertising a Latin American music night to raise funds for the South West Africa People’s Organisation (SWAPO) in 1988. The concert was organised by Camden AA Group and Kings Cross Labour Party in central London.

Leeds Women Against Apartheid was formed in 1986 to bring together women in support of their sisters in South Africa and Namibia. The group reached out to women’s organisations in West Yorkshire, raising funds for women in Southern Africa, boycotting apartheid goods and holding day schools publicising the situation of women under apartheid. It was linked to a women’s group in Soshunguve township, near Pretoria. This leaflet advertised an event with stalls, entertainment and discussion on International Women’s Day, 8 March 1988.

Leaflet publicising a memorial meeting for Steve Biko and a collection for South African refugees.