Tanya (Simons) Barben
Item
- Title
- Tanya (Simons) Barben
- Identifier
- BVF45_J
- Description
- This interview with Tanya Barben, formerly Simons, provides a first-hand account of her life experiences under the apartheid regime in South Africa, beginning with her childhood in a politically active family and detailing the profound impact of her parents' banning and imprisonment. The interview's central theme revolves around her own banning order in 1976, its isolating consequences, and the enduring psychological toll it took on her, including severe depression and anxiety. Barben also reflects on the broader political landscape of South Africa, expressing her hopes for the future while lamenting missed opportunities and the continued challenges facing the nation.
- Date Created
- August 28, 2019
- Source
- BVF45—South African Banned Persons Memory Project -- University of Cape Town Libraries, Special Collections, Cape Town, South Africa.
- Subject
- Banned persons (South Africa) See all items with this value
- Apartheid See all items with this value
- Political socialization See all items with this value
- Political activists See all items with this value
- Social isolation See all items with this value
- Interviews See all items with this value
- Oral histories See all items with this value
- Spatial Coverage
- Cape Town (Western Cape, South Africa) See all items with this value
- Extent
- 00:57:13
- 16 pages
- 57 minutes, 13 seconds
- Language
- English
- License
-
CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- Contributor
- Simons, T. A.
- Publisher
- University of Cape Town. Libraries
- Rights
- University of Cape Town. Libraries
- Provenance
- Special Collections: Archival Film
- genre
- Interviews
- Oral histories
- fileFormat
- mp4
- Medium
- Moving Image
- Transcript
