Christabel Gurney, OBE is an activist and historian, who was involved in the Anti-Apartheid Movement. She joined the organisation in 1969, and was the editor of its journal Anti-Apartheid News from 1969 to 1980. Later, she was secretary of the Notting Hill Anti-Apartheid Group. She received an OBE "for political service, particularly to Human Rights" in the 2014 Birthday Honours. In 2023 she was bestowed with the Order of the Companions of O. R. Tambo.
Publications
- Books
- First, Ruth; Steele, Jonathan; Gurney, Christabel (1972). The South African connection: Western investment in Apartheid. London: Maurice Temple Smith. ISBN 978-0851170299.
- Articles
- Gurney, Christabel (June 1999). "When the Boycott Began to Bite". History Today. 49 (6): 32–34.
- Gurney, Christabel (March 2000). "A Great Cause: The Origins of the Anti-Apartheid Movement, June 1959–March 1960". Journal of Southern African Studies. 26 (1): 123–144. JSTOR 2637553.
- Gurney, Christabel (June 2009). "The 1970s: The Anti-Apartheid Movement's Difficult Decade". Journal of Southern African Studies. 35 (2): 471–487. JSTOR 40283243.
References
- Henley, John (12 March 2014). "The Anti-Apartheid Movement goes online: a unique archive of the struggle". The Guardian. Retrieved 4 November 2018.
- Taylor, Rebecca (21 August 2007). "Looking back on the Anti-Apartheid Movement". Time Out London. Archived from the original on 22 December 2019. Retrieved 4 November 2018.
- "Forward to Freedom". British Universities Film & Video Council. 28 January 2015. Retrieved 4 November 2018.
- "Birthday Honours 2014: the Prime Minister's list" (PDF). gov.uk. Retrieved 4 November 2018.
- "Announcement of the 2023 National Order Awards nominated names by Director-General of The Presidency, Phindile Baleni". Presidency of South Africa. 16 April 2023. Retrieved 30 April 2023.
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