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[[Ralph Mzamo]] is a South African born journalist, freedom fighter and film-maker.
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[[Ralph Mzamo]] is a South African born journalist, film-maker, freedom fighter and commander in Umkhonto we Sizwe.
  
 
== Biography ==
 
== Biography ==
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==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
 
==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
  
While in exile in the 1980s, he had a short-lived career as a freelance film maker with [[Mark Sebba]], making some educational documentaries on South African political issues under the aegis of an 'invented' production company called [[Meridian Productions]].  
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While in exile in England in the 1980s, he was briefly a freelance film maker with [[Mark Sebba]], making several educational documentaries on South African political issues under the aegis of a worksop-based production company called [[Meridian Productions]].  
  
Among  films the made by the company are:
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Among  films the made by Meridian Productions are:
  
 
''[[Laurie Nathan: Working for a Just Peace]]''. Interview with the national organiser of the End Conscription Campaign, [[Meridian Productions]] 1987.
 
''[[Laurie Nathan: Working for a Just Peace]]''. Interview with the national organiser of the End Conscription Campaign, [[Meridian Productions]] 1987.
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Julie Frederikse.  1987. Interview with [[Ralph Mzamo]]. ''The Unbreakable Thread: non-racialism in South Africa'', published by [[Ravan Press]], 1990. (Transcript: SAHA collection AL2460 [https://www.saha.org.za/nonracialism/transcript_of_interview_with_ralph_mzamo.htm]
 
Julie Frederikse.  1987. Interview with [[Ralph Mzamo]]. ''The Unbreakable Thread: non-racialism in South Africa'', published by [[Ravan Press]], 1990. (Transcript: SAHA collection AL2460 [https://www.saha.org.za/nonracialism/transcript_of_interview_with_ralph_mzamo.htm]
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Moffat Hadebe, "I was once senior to Mangena and Masuku", The Sunday News, 22nd August 2021. [https://www.sundaynews.co.zw/i-was-once-senior-to-mangena-and-masuku/]
  
 
Go to the  [[ESAT Bibliography]]
 
Go to the  [[ESAT Bibliography]]

Revision as of 22:41, 26 September 2024

Ralph Mzamo is a South African born journalist, film-maker, freedom fighter and commander in Umkhonto we Sizwe.

Biography

Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance

While in exile in England in the 1980s, he was briefly a freelance film maker with Mark Sebba, making several educational documentaries on South African political issues under the aegis of a worksop-based production company called Meridian Productions.

Among films the made by Meridian Productions are:

Laurie Nathan: Working for a Just Peace. Interview with the national organiser of the End Conscription Campaign, Meridian Productions 1987.

South Africa 1987: The Church at the Crossroads. Interview with Chris Langeveld, parish priest of a Soweto neighbourhood. Meridian Productions

Wally Serote - South African Poet. Wally Serote in conversation with Ralph Mzamo. [Meridian Productions]] 1987

Sources

E-mail correspondence from Mark Sebba (19 September, 2024)

Films by Mark Sebba and Ralph Mzamo on YouTube[1]]

Julie Frederikse. 1987. Interview with Ralph Mzamo. The Unbreakable Thread: non-racialism in South Africa, published by Ravan Press, 1990. (Transcript: SAHA collection AL2460 [2]

Moffat Hadebe, "I was once senior to Mangena and Masuku", The Sunday News, 22nd August 2021. [3]

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