The first of six personal views from the Third World
Namibia - Africa Last Colony
Africa's last colony is still struggling for independence from South Africa - after 100 years of foreign occupation. On the northern borders of Namibia, guerrillas are fighting a bush war against the armed might of South Africa. Both within the war zone and beyond, nine tenths of the population, the blacks, live under an imposed system of apartheid, especially in health, in education, and in housing.
The 'Eye' is Nora Chase , director of education for the Namibia Council of Churches, who speaks out strongly against the continued control of her country by South Africa against the ruling of both the League of Nations and the United Nations. Nora Chase describes the conditions in her country, a land she returned to six years ago, after 15 years of exile and looks at the way that apartheid has been imposed on Namibia by the South Africans and talks to Namibians who have been tortured by South African troops.
Film editor NOEL CHANAN
Assistant producer PETER SALMON Producer PAUL HAMANN
Series editor ANTHONY ISAACS
An article linked with this programme appears in The Listener dated 17 May.
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