St Pauls Apartheid Free Zone
Activists encouraged businesses in St Pauls to stop South African goods being sold in stores in response to Apartheid
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- St Pauls Apartheid Free Zone
- 1987-05-08T10:55:00+01:00
- 1988-12-08T10:55:00+00:00
- Activists encouraged businesses in St Pauls to stop South African goods being sold in stores in response to Apartheid
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- When 08 May, 1987 10:55 AM to 08 Dec, 1988 10:55 AM (('Europe/London', 'UTC') / UTC100)
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SPAFZ – St Pauls Apartheid Free Zone was set up in the mid 80s in response to apartheid occurring in South Africa.
Local activists such as Jagun Akinshengun personally visited every store in St Pauls, Bristol with a large British African-Caribbean community to ask them to be a part of SPAFZ and to stop South African goods being sold in stores as an act of solidarity.
Pictured is the signatory which each shop signed. During the period of Apartheid, activists visited shops within the St Pauls zone regularly to make sure they had ceased to sell goods from South Africa.
Although many of the activists were not of South African descent, many Black British activists felt a sense of connection due to racial tensions in the UK.