Bibliograph

Outsmarting apartheid, an oral history of United States-South Africa cultural and educational exchange, 1960-1999

Type

Label

Outsmarting apartheid, an oral history of United States-South Africa cultural and educational exchange, 1960-1999

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Outsmarting apartheid

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Sub title

an oral history of United States-South Africa cultural and educational exchange, 1960-1999

Summary

Inspiring oral history of the impact of cultural and educational exchange between South Africa and the United States during apartheid. For almost forty years, under the watchful eye of the apartheid regime, some three thousand South Africans participated in cultural and educational exchange with the United States. Exposure to American democracy brought hope during a time when social and political change seemed unlikely. In the end the process silently triumphed over the resistance of authorities, and many of the individuals who participated in the program later participated in South Africa's first democratic elections, in 1994, and now occupy key positions in academia, the media, parliament, and the judiciary. In Outsmarting Apartheid, Daniel Whitman, former Program Development Officer at the US Embassy in Pretoria, interviews the South Africans and Americans who administered, advanced, and benefited from government-funded exchange. The result is a detailed account of the workings and effectiveness of the US Information Agency and a demonstration of the value of "soft power" in easing democratic transition in a troubled area

Target audience

adult

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