Free Nelson Mandela campaign

Title

Free Nelson Mandela campaign

Genre

News report; Interview; Music

TX Date

15 Dec 1988

Year of production

1988

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Duration

00:02:14

Description

Gareth Furby reports on the campaign to free deputy ANC leader Nelson Mandela from jail in South Africa. In an interview his lawyer, Ismail Ayob, is admitting that the campaign to free him may have failed. Also includes interview with Jim Kerr, Simple Minds, on the outcome of the televised concert at Wembley, London, to celebrate Mandela’s seventieth birthday.

Contributors

Gareth Furby; Ismail Ayob; Jim Kerr

Keywords

Political prisoners; South Africa; Apartheid; Campaigns; Nelson Mandela

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