Oral history interview with John Daniel by Barbara Wahlberg

Oral history interview with John Daniel by Barbara Wahlberg. Daniel recalls his first meeting with Chief Luthuli in 1964 when he asked Luthuli to continue as Honorary President of NUSAS. He describes the clandestine meeting in the sugar cane fields, his impression of Luthuli and his sadness at the impact the banning order clearly had on the Chief. The conversation turns to Daniel’s involvement with NUSAS, focussing specifically on arrangements for Kennedy’s visit to South Africa and meeting with Luthuli. He also reveals NUSAS’s attempt to invite Martin Luther King to South Africa. The issue of Andrew Leftwich and the African Resistance Movement is then discussed. Conversation turns once more to Kennedy’s visit and the documentary being produced by Larry Shore. Daniel also explains his reasons for leaving South Africa and considers his time spent overseas. The interview concludes with Daniel reflecting briefly on the affect Luthuli’s death had on him and his subsequent approval of the Luthuli Museum as a site of memory for this man and his ideas. | Daniel, John; Wahlberg, Barbara; Vorster, B J; Verwoerd, Hendrik; Luthuli, Chief Albert; Kennedy, Senator Robert; Mahomed, E V; Robertson, Ian; King, Martin Luther; Osler, Mayder; Rabb, John; Sipupedi, Darkie; Leftwich, Adrian; Harris, John | Luthuli Museum: Barbara Wahlberg