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A Revolution Waiting to Happen - Night Call
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Date:1968-11-25
Length: 57:55 minutes:seconds
Del Shields, (Host) ; Winton Nagen, (Guest)
Winston Nagan (1940- ) was just 28 years old and teaching at Virginia Polytechnic Institute at the time of this program. He appeared on Night Call to talk about the Apartheid system then in effect in South Africa. Nagan was born in South Africa and educated at the University of Fort Hare. At that time, the Apartheid authorities were constructing the foundations of a police state. Nagan had been a student leader challenging apartheid authoritarianism and organizing legal defenses for political prisoners. He left South Africa for exile in 1964 and continued his legal studies at Oxford University, receiving a B.A. and an M.A. He earned his LL.M. and M.C.L. at Duke University and his J.S.D. at Yale. Callers compared the U.S. to South Africa and asked whether the unrest in the U.S. might also be seen in South Africa. Nagan said there were many White students in South Africa who were liberal, pluralistic, and opposed Apartheid, but didn't tend to be revolutionary. He said there were also several organizations in the country that were actively opposed to racism, but no political party opposed the current system. Nagan said there was also some effort by other African nations to encourage more equality in South Africa. Nagan is now well-known for his work in international law and human rights. He served as acting justice on the High Court of the Cape of Good Hope, South Africa in 2006. The Apartheid system in South Africa was dismantled in the early 1990's.
Topics: Apartheid; Civil rights; Race relations; Radio programs; South Africa
ID: NC0131