Oliver Tambo, born on this day in 1917, was a South African anti-apartheid politician and revolutionary who served as President of the African National Congress (ANC) from 1967 to 1991.
In 1943, Tambo, along with Nelson Mandela and Walter Sisulu, founded the ANC Youth League, with Tambo becoming its first National Secretary and a member of the National Executive in 1948. The Youth League proposed a change in the tactics of the anti-apartheid movement, advocating boycotts, civil disobedience, strikes, and non-collaboration.
In 1960, Tambo fled South Africa due to political persecution, living in exile in north London for thirty years. From London, he supported and helped organize the ANC in the fight against apartheid from a distance. On December 13th, 1990, Tambo returned to South Africa and was elected National Chairperson of the ANC.
Oliver Tambo South Africa History Online
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All these super-spreader concerts make me regret picking music as my primary way of making art since high school. Its hard to listen to new music that is not made decades ago because of this too.
This COVID shit has made me disillusioned with the arts and this civil society in general. Been doing my own thing with some comrades, trying to fight this ableist genocide. I feel we are doing something but its an uphill struggle.
Don't be too hard on yourself. It's just capitalism ruining the arts as it tends to do with everything.
Your only course of action is to become a cyber-goth dj so you can wear a gas mask all the time.
Shit's fucked for real. I feel a bit bad just for going to small local shows or jam sessions.