Christabel Gurney, OBE is an activist and historian, who was involved in the Anti-Apartheid Movement. She joined the organisation in 1969, and was the editor of its journal Anti-Apartheid News from 1969 to 1980.[1][2] Later, she was secretary of the Notting Hill Anti-Apartheid Group.[3] She received an OBE "for political service, particularly to Human Rights" in the 2014 Birthday Honours.[4] In 2023 she was bestowed with the Order of the Companions of O. R. Tambo.[5]
Publications
edit- Books
- First, Ruth; Steele, Jonathan; Gurney, Christabel (1972). The South African connection: Western investment in Apartheid. London: Maurice Temple Smith. ISBN 978-0851170299.
- Articles
- Gurney, Christabel (June 1999). "When the Boycott Began to Bite". History Today. 49 (6): 32–34.
- Gurney, Christabel (March 2000). "A Great Cause: The Origins of the Anti-Apartheid Movement, June 1959–March 1960". Journal of Southern African Studies. 26 (1): 123–144. JSTOR 2637553.
- Gurney, Christabel (June 2009). "The 1970s: The Anti-Apartheid Movement's Difficult Decade". Journal of Southern African Studies. 35 (2): 471–487. JSTOR 40283243.
References
edit- ^ Henley, John (12 March 2014). "The Anti-Apartheid Movement goes online: a unique archive of the struggle". The Guardian. Retrieved 4 November 2018.
- ^ Taylor, Rebecca (21 August 2007). "Looking back on the Anti-Apartheid Movement". Time Out London. Archived from the original on 22 December 2019. Retrieved 4 November 2018.
- ^ "Forward to Freedom". British Universities Film & Video Council. 28 January 2015. Retrieved 4 November 2018.
- ^ "Birthday Honours 2014: the Prime Minister's list" (PDF). gov.uk. Retrieved 4 November 2018.
- ^ "Announcement of the 2023 National Order Awards nominated names by Director-General of The Presidency, Phindile Baleni". Presidency of South Africa. 16 April 2023. Retrieved 30 April 2023.
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