The cultural explosion. (South African arts) (Special Issue: Nelson Mandela and the New South Africa)

From: Ebony | Date: August 1, 1994| Author: Whitaker, Charles F. | Copyright information

One cannot underestimate the tremendous political and cultural impact that South African entertainers and writers have had both in their native land and in the international community of artists and activists. For decades, as White South Africans thumbed their noses at diplomatic efforts to end apartheid, it was the country's performers, playwrights and novelists - most of them banished to platforms in exile - who helped galvanize world support against the oppressive Afrikaner regi...

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