After the Second World War, the National Party came to power in South Africa and began passing laws to establish an apartheid system of government designed to insulate the wealthy white community of South Africa from the poor black population. Black Africans were restricted in their education, jobs, healthcare, and residence.
In 1957, Lionel Rogosin, an anti-Fascist filmmaker, made a film in the townships, the segregated ghettos of South Africa. In his film, Come Back Africa, the world got its first glimpse of Miriam Makeba.
In 1957, Lionel Rogosin, an anti-Fascist filmmaker, made a film in the townships, the segregated ghettos of South Africa. In his film, Come Back Africa, the world got its first glimpse of Miriam Makeba.