Apartheid Part 5: 1987

December 16, 1987
Season 6 - Episode 5: Apartheid Part 5: 1987

Season 6 - Episode 5: Apartheid Part 5: 1987

Frontline - Backdrop

Overview

Part 5 looks at an unprecedented meeting in the struggle for South Africa’s future. Two years before the release of Nelson Mandela, dissident white Afrikaners met with black leaders from the outlawed African National Congress in Dakar, Senagal, to discuss strategies for change in South Africa, presaging the reforms that would come later.

Episode Information

TV Show

Frontline

Season

Season 6

Episode Number

5

Air Date

December 16, 1987