Radio Freedom

Radio Freedom was the radio propaganda arm of the African National Congress during the anti-Apartheid struggle from the 1970s through the 1990s. While the broadcasts were from different radio stations (including those of Tanzania, Zambia, Angola, Ethiopia, and Madagascarcite web
url=http://www.intervalsignals.net/countries/african_clandestines.htm
title=Southern African Clandestines of the 1970's
accessdate=2006-10-11] ), their station identifications all sported the trademark introduction familiar to many from the KLF song "3 a.m. Eternal": machine-gun fire, followed by a variation of

This is radio freedom, the voice of the African National Congress and its military wing "Umkhonto we Sizwe"...

Winnie Mandelacite web
url=http://www.zambiapretoria.net/news/00006.html
title=Zambia: Midwife of Our Freedom, Says Winni
author=Winnie Madikizela-Mandela
accessdate=2006-10-11] and several people featured in "" credit Radio Freedom as a significant comforting, rallying, and organizing factor in the fight against Apartheid.

Listening to Radio Freedom in Apartheid-era South Africa was a crime carrying a penalty of up to eight years in prison.

References

External links

* [http://library.stanford.edu/africa/history/hiscolonial.html African History on the Internet - Colonial Period]
* [http://www.anc.org.za/htdig/?search=radio+freedom&section=all&method=and&sort=score&summary=show&page=1 Search the ANC website for "radio freedom"]
* [http://www.comatonse.com/writings/lovebomb.html Some music with extensive Radio Freedom quotes]
* [http://www.rounderstore.com/product.asp?P=1166140192 Radio Freedom: Voice of the African National Congress...] (Documentary CD)