Amanda Joyce Hall

"Shantytown Solidarities" tells the story of South Africa’s anti-Apartheid struggle as a global Black-led movement. A paradigmatic international fight against worldwide formations of racial injustice, the movement shook successfully the foundations of the South Africa’s Apartheid regime. In contrast to existing accounts that largely depict anti-Apartheid as a phenomenon of white solidarity, this project offers the framework of “shantytown solidarities” to describe how South African exiles, politicians, students, workers, artists, and organizers grew a trans-continental movement, built coalitions in tension, and amassed political power across racial, ethnic, and class divisions.