A global Wembley concert calls for Mandela’s freedom

The Anti-Apartheid Movement organised a tribute concert at Wembley Stadium for Mandela’s approaching 70th birthday. Broadcast internationally and attended by a mass audience, it connected popular culture with the demand to free all political prisoners. The event helped make Mandela’s imprisonment a global public issue, while the movement’s work remained rooted in South African resistance and the campaigns of exiled activists.