Local AA groups

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.

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

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

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. 

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.

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.

Twenty-five freedom marchers, one for each year of Mandela’s imprisonment, walked nearly 600 miles from Glasgow to London in June and July 1988. Along the way they held meetings and events calling for Mandela’s release. This leaflet advertised the march as it came through Tyneside in the north-east of England.

The Glasgow to London Nelson Mandela Freedom March arrived in Durham on 22 June 1988. This leaflet announced plans to welcome the marchers with a civic reception in Durham Town Hall, an evening event in the Mandelas Ballroom, Dunelm House and a send-off the following morning. Durham AA Group also planned a publicity drive to inform all households within a 10-15 mile radius of Durham about the Free Mandela Campaign.