Overview
Selling Apartheid tells the story of the South African propaganda campaign, run with military precision, which involved a worldwide network of supporters, including global corporations with business operations in South Africa, conservative religious organizations and an unlikely coalition of liberal US black clergy and anti-communist black conservatives aligned with right-wing Cold War politicians. The book details interviews with many of the players, providing a behind-the-scenes look at the attempt to sell apartheid abroad.Author Biography
Ron Nixon is a Washington correspondent for the New York Times. He is a visiting associate for Media and Journalism Studies at the University of the Witwatersrand, where he teaches investigative reporting and data journalism. He has published an e-book, Operation Blackwash, and was a contributor to The Farrakhan Factor: African-American Writers on Leadership, Nationhood, and Minister Louis Farrakhan and The American Civil Rights Movement.