News reporters documenting the South African Border War, Angola 1986
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1986-04Format Extent
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These items were donated by David Marks and have been digitised with permission from the donor with funding from the Volkswagen Foundation. These items may only be used for research/academic purposes and not for commercial purposes. These items may not be copied, disseminated, published, exhibited, reproduced or broadcast in any manner or form without the written permission of one of the following parties: The Documentation Centre for Music (DOMUS), Stellenbosch University or the Assignee or SAMRO (Southern African Music Rights Organisation) or an affiliated performing rights society. The Documentation Centre for Music (DOMUS), Stellenbosch University, as custodian of these collections, should be notified when permission for copying, dissemination, publishing, exhibiting, reproduction or broadcasting is obtained from the Assignee or SAMRO (Southern African Music Rights Organisation) or an affiliated performing rights society. Citation: State that the original documents are part of the Hidden Years Music Archive, held at the Documentation Centre for Music (DOMUS), Stellenbosch University and provide the link to the item.Copyright David Marks
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In 1986 David Marks worked alongside a group of journalists who reported on the South African Border War in Angola. They were embedded journalists with Jonas Savimbi’s UNITA (National Union for the Total Independence of Angola). The ten-day tour included journalists from World Television News, New York Times and the Los Angeles Times. Marks worked as a stringer recording sound for the camera crew. Colour photograph depicts a member of the sound and camera crew sitting in an open field.