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The History Hour

BBC World Service
Éducation, Société et Culture

A compilation of the latest Witness History programmes.

577 - Thirty years since the first free elections in South Africa
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  • 577 - Thirty years since the first free elections in South Africa

    It’s been thirty years since the first fully democratic elections in South Africa, which saw the African National Congress take power in 1994.

    But two years before that historic moment, white South Africans had to vote in a referendum that would decide whether or not to usher in a multi-racial government. We hear from President FW de Klerk’s then communications officer about how they helped “close the book on apartheid.”

    Then we journey back to 1976 and hear about the Soweto Uprising, a student led protest against the enforced study of Afrikaans. Bongi Mkhabela who helped organise the peaceful march, tells us how it came to a bloody and tragic end.

    Plus we take a look at the pivotal role played by women and girls in the lead up to the 1994 elections. Journalist and researcher Shanthini Naidoo tells us why women’s work and activism in the ANC is so often overlooked.

    We hear from Oliver Tambo’s son about his father’s return to South Africa after 30 years in exile.

    We also hear about the long overdue return of Sarah Baartman’s remains to South Africa, after over 190 years being kept in Europe, where she suffered horrific abuse while she was alive. This programme contains discriminatory language.

    And finally, we learn about one of South Africa’s biggest popstars Brenda Fassie, from her friend, rival and admirer Yvonne Chaka Chaka.

    Contributors: David Stewards – President FW de Klerk’s former communications advisor Bongi Mkhabela- Student organiser of the Soweto uprising Shanthini Naidoo- Journalist and researcher on women during apartheid Dali Tambo- Son of Oliver Tambo Diana Ferrus – Poet who helped bring Sarah Baartman home Yvonne Chaka Chaka- South African popstar

    (Photo: Nelson Mandela after winning the election in 1994. Credit: Getty Images)

    Fri, 26 Apr 2024
  • 576 - Ebola outbreak and the Friendship Train returns

    Max Pearson presents a collection of this week’s Witness History episodes from the BBC World Service.

    It’s 10 years since the world’s deadliest outbreak of Ebola started in West Africa. We hear from a survivor and discuss the legacy of the epidemic with the BBC's global health reporter Tulip Mazumdar.

    Plus, the first World War Two battalion to be led by an African-American woman. Major Charity Adams’ son tells her story.

    We hear about the group of men arrested in Egypt in 2001 at a gay nightclub who became known as the Cairo 52.

    We also hear about the avalanche on Mount Everest which killed 16 sherpas carrying supplies 10 years ago.

    Finally, the train service between India and Bangladesh that lay dormant for 43 years which rumbled back into life in 2008.

    Contributors:

    Yusuf Kabba – an Ebola survivor from Sierra Leone Tulip Mazumdar - the BBC's Global Heath reporter. Stanley Earley – son of Major Charity Adams Omer (a pseudonym) - arrested and imprisoned at a gay club in Cairo Lakpa Rita Sherpa - helped recover bodies after the avalanche on Mount Everest in 2014 Dr Azad Chowdhury – on the inaugural Friendship Express

    (Photo: Liberian Health Minister Burnice Dahn washes her hands at a holding centre for Ebola patients in 2014. Credit: Getty Images)

    Sat, 20 Apr 2024
  • 575 - The history of art heists

    Max Pearson presents a collection of this week’s Witness History episodes from the BBC World Service.

    It's 30 years since Edvard Munch’s painting, The Scream, was stolen from the national gallery in Oslo, Norway. We hear from the man who helped to recover it.

    Our expert guest is historian and author, Susan Ronald, who explores the history of art heists in the 20th century.

    Plus, a first hand account from Kampala terror attacks in 2010 and the mystery of St Teresa of Avila's severed hand.

    Finally, we hear about the last World War II soldier to surrender. Hiroo Onoda was an Imperial Japanese Army intelligence officer who spent nearly 30 years in the Philippine jungle, believing World War Two was still going on.

    Contributors: Kuddzu Isaac - DJ and Kampala terror attack survivor Charley Hill - Scotland Yard art detective and private investigator Susan Ronald - historian and author Sister Jenifer - the Mother Superior of the Church of Our Lady of Mercy, Ronda Hiroo Onoda - Japanese WWII soldier Christos and Ioanna Kotsikas - residents of Thessaly, Greece

    (Photo: The Scream. Credit: Getty Images)

    Fri, 12 Apr 2024
  • 574 - The Good Friday Agreement

    In 1998, the political parties in Northern Ireland reached a peace agreement that ended decades of war. We hear from Paul Murphy, the junior minister for Northern Ireland at the time. Plus, a cross-community choir in Bosnia and women pioneers from the worlds of finance and oceanography.

    PHOTO: Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern (L) and British Prime Minister Tony Blair (R) pose with the mediator

    Sat, 31 Mar 2018
  • 573 - The Battle of the Airwaves in Latin America

    Why the BBC started broadcasting to South and Central America, plus the My Lai Massacre, Brazil's careful transition to democracy, and Moscow's show trials in the 1930s.

    Photo: Members of the BBC's Brazil service rehearsing in a London studio in 1943. Credit: BBC.

    Sat, 17 Mar 2018
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