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Monday, February 19, 1990 / University Daily Kansan
KU toasts Mandela's release at celebration
By Bryce J. Tache
Kansan staff writer
About 70 people attended an on-campus party Saturday night honoring the release of Nelson Mandela, the anti-apartheid leader freed last week after 27 years of South African imprisonment.
Surendra Bhana, visiting associate professor of history from South Africa, coordinated the event, which was at Ecumenical Christian Ministries, 1204 Oread Ave.
"This really has been a historic week," Bhana said. "This celebration is in honor of a man who in many ways has come to be a household word."
Arthur Drayton, professor of African and African-American studies, said he hoped Mandela's release for all Blacks in South Africa.
"That you're here tonight, is evidence that all of us suffer incredibly and feel diminished when human beings anywhere are oppressed and
tortured," he said.
He said Mandela represented the kind of triumph that ennobled the human race.
"Even as we celebrate Nelson Mandela's release, we need to keep in mind that as great as the event was, there is a long way to go before the agony of South Africa can be laid to rest," he said.
Drayton criticized British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and President Bush for announcing last week that sanctions against South Africa should be relaxed now that Mandela is free.
He said some leaders already had started a subtle campaign for South Africa's political structure to remain the basis of their own interests would not be hurt.
"Let the South Africans have the freedom that you and I cherish," he said. "Let them have land reapportionment. Let them have one-man, one-vote. Let them have the rule of the majority."
David Katzman, professor of history, said that Mandela's release came because of worldwide pressure.
"In the 1970s, I don't think anyone thought Nelson Mandela would live long enough to be freed," he said. "This is the beginning of a new struggle. Apartheid will not fold until the political system changes."
Katzman said U.S. citizens owed it to the South African people to continue pressure to end apartheid.
Katzman said he would like to see a day when Mandela would lead South Africa as president.
"Keep up the pressure for real sanctions and real boycotts," he said.
"Keep up the pressure on the U.S. government and American businesses and corporations." /
"If anyone could lead South Africa, it is Nelson Mandela," he said. "But those who resist change, who are for apartheid, unfortunately have the commitment and arms to maintain their position."
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