Broadcasting Apartheid: British Television and the Anti-Apartheid Campaign, 1950-1990 (Oxford Studies in Culture and Politics)

From the early days of the anti-apartheid struggle in South Africa, activists collaborated with artists, musicians, and entertainers, strategically using celebrity and popular culture to amplify protest.Due to the apartheid regime's prosecution of dissent and concentrated effort to suppress information, Britain became a hub of anti-apartheid activity, spearheading the international campaign against apartheid. And, as television came to dominate the British public sphere in the 1950s, grassroots organizations such as the Anti-Apartheid Movement (AAM) directly engaged with the medium and recognized it as an opportunity for political activism.They staged impactful public spectacles and orchestrated large-scale media events, including benefit concerts and mass marches.In doing so, these organizations leveraged the power of television to foster new forms of presentation, perception, and civic participation. In Broadcasting Apartheid, Tal Zalmanovich explores how television revolutionized th