Andre Banks and Devanne Brookins

Devanne Brookins currently works as Africa Program Associate at Global Rights, formerly the International Human Rights Law Group, with a programmatic focus on Burundi, Sierra Leone and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Andre Banks is an Assistant Director of the Africa’s Right to Health Campaign at Africa Action, the nation's oldest organization focused on African affairs. Both are interested in constituency building that incorporates youth into Diaspora and global justice struggles.

Commentary

South African 10th – A Decade of Democracy

By Andre Banks and Devanne Brookins

It took U.S. activists decades of campaigning against the apartheid regime in South Africa to arrive at strategies that, when combined with a commitment to transnational relationships, changed more than individual attitudes. The anti-apartheid movement changed the balance of power in the U.S., the future of South Africa, and lives on both sides of the…

It took U.S. activists decades of campaigning against the apartheid regime in South Africa to arrive at strategies that, when combined with a commitment to transnational…

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