Abstract
During the years of apartheid many young black South Africans fled to neighbouring states and joined the African National Congress. Psychological disturbances surfaced and the ANC appealed for voluntary professional help. The author describes how for ten years (1979-89), as an ANC member and psychiatrist living in Norway, he spent part of each year in ANC camps and schools helping the newly-built health teams with psychiatric expertise.
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