Oral history interview with Fikile C. Bam, 1999
- Name
- Bam, Fikile C., 1937- (Interviewee)
- Morris, Len (Interviewer)
- Title
- Oral history interview with Fikile C. Bam, 1999
- Other Titles
- Reminiscences of Fikile C. Bam : oral history, 1999
- Abstract
- Born 1937, Transkei, South Africa; childhood: Pondoland and Johannesburg, mission schooling, awareness of race issues, influence of politically conscious teachers; education: University of Cape Town, B.A., University of South Africa, BProc, LLB; career; black lawyer promoting liberation struggle; political beliefs: African National Congress [ANC], interests in armed struggle, socialism, Unity Mov ement of South Africa; 1963 arrest and conviction of sabotage, ten year imprisonment on Robben Island; prison release, 1974: fear of assassination, completing law degrees; apartheid versus discrimination: control mechanisms to maintain status quo and prevent solidarity, coercive laws, Group Areas Act; Carnegie Corporation of New York [Carnegie]: participation in the Second Carnegie Inquiry into Poverty and Development in Southern Africa: links between land, law and poverty, promoting justice, research conducted by South Africans, efforts protected and depoliticized by Carnegie name, Carnegie grant to establish Centre for Applied Legal Studies [CALS]; establishment of Legal Resource Centre [LRC]: Carnegie grant, LRC advice centers, translation assistance, fellowships to train lawyers, media cooperation and support, coordination of efforts with CALS, reorganization and responsibilities after new constitution in 1994, success of former LRC colleagues; appointment as Judge-President of Land Claims Court, 1995: efforts for more effective land restoration process
- Collection Name
- Carnegie Corporation project. Part 2
- Subjects
- Judges--South Africa; Political prisoners--South Africa; Anti-apartheid movements--South Africa; South Africa Social conditions 1961-1994; Bam, Fikile C., 1937-; African National Congress; Unity Movement of South Africa; Legal Resources Centre (South Africa); Carnegie Corporation of New York; Carnegie Inquiry into Poverty and Development in Southern Africa Cape Town, South Africa) 1984 : (2nd
- Format
- oral histories
- Genre
- Interviews
- Date
- 1999
- Physical Description
- 65 pages; sound files : digital preservation master, WAV files (96 kHz, 24 bit)
- Note (Biographical)
- Judge
- Note (Funding)
- Digital reproduction funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and Carnegie Corporation of New York
- Note
- Digitized by Safe Sound Archive, Philadelphia, 2010
- Interviewed by Len Morris, Aug. 2, 1999
- Service copy (44 kHz, 16 bit) and rendered version (96 kHz, 24 bit) of sound file derived from a digital preservation master digitized at 96 kHz, 24 bit
- Note (Provenance)
- Gift of Fikile C. Bam
- Note (Copyright)
- Copyright held by The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York.
- Language
- English
- Library Location
- Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
Browse Location’s Digital Content - Catalog Record
- 7584366
- Also In
- Carnegie Corporation Oral History Project [Staging]
- Oral History Archives at Columbia
- Copyright Status
- In Copyright
- Persistent URL
- https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-0r6t-8927
- Related URLs
- Available digital content for this interview.