Southern Africa

Frontline organised a festival of Southern African culture during Glasgow’s ‘City of Culture’ celebrations in 1990. The full programme was hosted by ‘Mayfest’ in Glasgow and continued to Manchester and Dublin, where Winnie Mandela opened ‘Images from Mozambique’ just as Nelson flew in after his first meeting with the US President. ‘Music from the Frontline’ appeared at WOMAD’s Morecambe and Reading festivals and afterwards the performers toured the UK and Europe. ‘Theatre from the Frontline’ also played at Newport, Cardiff, Merthyr, Aberystwyth and Newtown. ‘Film from the Frontline’ was screened in twelve towns and cities, and ‘Poems from the Frontline’ took place in twenty-four towns and cities.

• The Frontline States festival
• The Frontline States in 1990
• Art from the Frontline
• Music from the Frontline
• Theatre from the Frontline
• Poems from the Frontline
• Photographs from the Frontline
• Film from the Frontline