Sharpeville Massacre, 21 March 1960 Collection

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Documents, and articles relating to the Sharpeville Massacre 1960

Speech by Oliver Tambo at meeting in London, 21 March 1980

Speeches and Public Statements

The nineteen days by an anonymous Cape Town correspondent 1960

The Sharpeville Massacre: Its historic significance in the struggle against apartheid

The Sharpeville Massacre - A watershed in South Africa by Reverend Ambrose Reeves

The commemoration of Sharpeville: An extract from a paper by Ali Hlongwane

Notes on the origins of the movement for Sanctions against South Africa by E.S. Reddy

South Africa Sharpeville massacre 50 anniversary 21/3/10

Audio and Video

The child who was shot dead by soldiers at Nyanga by Ingrid Jonker

A tragic turning-point: remembering Sharpeville fifty years on by Paul Maylam

Apartheid: Sharpeville Massacre, 21 March 1960

Audio and Video

South Africa Remembers Sharpeville Massacre, 21 March 1960

Audio and Video

Sharpeville Massacre, 21 March 1960

Audio and Video

Sharpeville massacre was turning point in anti apartheid movement, 21 March 1960

Audio and Video

Poem “Massacre at Sharpeville” by Farouk Asvat

Poem “A Poem about Sharpeville” by Dennis Brutus

Poem “Our Sharpeville” by Ingrid de Kok

Sharpeville : March 21 1960 by FOSATU

Newspaper clippings

Poster commemorating Sharpeville 1

Poster commemorating Sharpeville 2, 1985

Poster commemorating Sharpeville 3

Poem “A Poem of Vengeance” By Kumalo

Poster commemorating Sharpeville 5

Poster commemorating Sharpeville 4

Painting of the Sharpeville Massacre by Paddy Bouma

From Our Vault: Sharpeville, A Crime That Still Echoes by J Brooks Spector, 21 March 2013, South Africa

Message to the PAC on Sharpeville Day by Livingstone Mqotsi

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