Join Northeastern University History Program Graduate Students Bridget Keown, James Robinson, and Matt Bowser as we interview Emory-bound PhD student Madelyn Stone about her capstone: "Power through Paradox: Interracial Influences in Apartheid-Era South African Art, 1960-1990". We talk about basic South African history that set up Apartheid, and how it related to Black Resistance Art in South Africa. We compare South African poster art to Irish political art during the same time period, using a world history lense. We touch on gender in South African resistance art, and how the poster movement helped end Apartheid as well as the state's response to the art. How do we touch on the recentness of Apartheid in teaching history?

Related books: • Art of the South African Townships Gavin Younge, 1987 • The Neglected Tradition: Towards a New History of South African Art (1930-1988) Steven Sack, 1988 • Resistance Art in South Africa Sue Williamson, 1989 • Art from South Africa Museum of Modern Art, 1990 • Art and the End of Apartheid John Peffer, 2009 • Biko's Ghost: The Iconography of Black Consciousness Shannen Hill, 2015

South Africa in the news: South African economy is on the brink of junk status http://www.latimes.com/world/africa/la-fg-south-africa-precipice-20160330-story.html South Africa Appeals Parole for Apartheid-Era Assassin http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/south-africa-appeals-parole-apartheid-era-assassin-38024002 Student Protests Against Tuition Increases in South Africa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-35883919

Credits: Brought to you by the Northeastern Graduate History Association Featured image: Helen Sebidi, Don’t Let It Go (n.d.) Sound editing: Beka Bryer Produced: Dan Squizzero

Music by Kieran Legg

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