Apartheid's Airwaves: The Politics of Radio and Television Broadcasting in Twentieth-Century South Africa

Speaker: James T. Campbell
Edgar E. Robinson Professor in United States History
Stanford University

From the first radio transmission in the 1920s to the present, the history of broadcasting in South Africa has been entangled with the country's complex racial politics. In this talk, Professor Campbell will explore the changing politics of broadcasting in South Africa by looking at three different historical episodes: the creation of the South African Broadcasting Corporation in the 1930s, the belated arrival of television in the 1970s, and the reorganization of the SABC following the collapse of apartheid in the 1990s.

Lunch will be provided. Please RSVP to amanda.frederick@duke.edu by February 8.