| NICA ID= |
115831 |
| CITY= |
United Nations |
| PHOTO DATE= |
16/07/1963 |
| HEADER= |
MIRIAM MAKEBA APPEARS AS PETITIONER BEFORE APARTHEID COMMITTEE |
| CAPTION BACKGROUND= |
Miriam Makeba, the well-known South African singer, appeared this morning as a petitioner before the Special Committee on the Policies of Apartheid of the Government of the Republic of South Africa and charged that the Verwoerd Government had turned South Africa into "a huge prison", and said that the time had come for the world to "act with firmness to stop these crazy rulers from dragging our country into a horrifying disaster" |
| CAPTION DESCRIPTION= |
Here, Miss MAKEBA is seen as she exchanged views with Mr. KARSENO Sasmojo, of Indonesia's Permanent Mission to the U.N., shortly before the meeting opened |
| CREDIT= |
UNITED NATIONS/TC/B |
| COUNTRY= |
New York |
