AfroPoP: The Ultimate Cultural Exchange

Twelve Disciples of Nelson Mandela and Spit on the Broom

Season 12  Episode 5

TWELVE DISCIPLES OF NELSON MANDELA
The year is 1960 and the South African government has just outlawed the African National Congress — forcing its leader Nelson Mandela underground. Facing prison, twelve young revolutionaries, members of the ANC youth league, decide to flee the country to spread the word of Nelson Mandela. This is the true story of their adventure through colonial Southern Africa to reach freedom.

SPIT ON THE BROOM
A surreal documentary that explores the United Order of Tents, a clandestine organization of black women organized in the 1840s during the height of the Underground Railroad.

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