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ArticleThe Conflict between the AZAPO and the UDF - popular violence in the 1980s and 1990s
… 1984 to 1993. At its inception in 1979 AZAPO adopted the Black Consciousness (BC) philosophy of the Black People’s Convention (BPC). In the first four years…
Launch of The Eye of the Needle by Richard Turner
… South Africa increasingly influenced by Steve Biko and the Black Consciousness movement. His work was forceful and … when many have turned their attention…
ArticleYouth and the National Liberation Struggle
… campaigns in response to measures and laws affecting Black people. In the 1920s, the Communist Party of South … current education system was too liberal and…
ArchiveCHAPTER 2 - You only win once by Howard Barrell
… and semi-legal political activity against apartheid among black people at large re-emerged following the quiescence of the latter 1960s. The black…
B.C.M. Azania Calendar 1986
… Black Consciousness Movement Poster. Mustard coloured poster with black lettering. Calendar for April, May and June 1986. A statement of re-affirmation of B…
Book 5: People, Places and Apartheid - Chapter 1 - People, Politics and Ideology by Malegapuru William Makgoba
… proving costly and had a negative effect on both white and black South Africans. The shortage of skilled labour, which … There were signs that Verwoerd’s…
Dr Mamphela Ramphele interviewed by Rupert Taylor, 16 April 1998, Cape Town
… not PAC, they were largely students who were actors in the Black Consciousness movement. And I’m intrigued that you don’t … Right. So what do you see the…
V - The Funeral
… travel by road, said at the funeral that he had watched as black police hauled mourners off the buses in Soweto and … as a commemoration of the country's…
Book 5: People, Places and Apartheid - Chapter 2 - The Soweto Uprising of June 1976: A Turning Points Event by Phil Bonner
… News of the events in Soweto sparked off protests in black townships across the country. Another 93 people were … you say you want peaceful change. First,…
Chapter 2 - The Soweto Uprising of June 1976: A Turning Points Event
… News of the events in Soweto sparked off protests in black townships across the country. Another 93 people were … you say you want peaceful change. First,…
ArticleMass Democratic movements, 1976-1983
… for liberation. The death of Steve Biko , leader of the Black Consciousness Movement , at the hands of the police on 18 … education'. They were actively…
Article1976-1983: Mass Democratic movements
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ArchiveThe Way History is taught in South Africa is ahistorical, – and that’s a problem by Natasha Robinson (theconversation.com), 7 June 2018
… education needs a more explicit focus on historical consciousness if students are to become capable of dealing … racialised wealth discrepancy was to state…
Article16 June 1976 - Soweto Uprising
… of the Bantu Education Act in 1953. The rise of the Black Consciousness Movement (BCM) and the formation of South … compulsory as a medium of instruction in…
Desmond Tutu interviewed by John Carlin
… a conceptual framework for understanding how class, consciousness and organisation interact with each other and … gender, community and structural context…
EventThe apartheid government reportedly pays compensation for death of Steve Biko
… began his political career as the co-founder of the all-black South African Student's Organization (SASO). It was … his involvement in this organization that…
Biography of Mandla Langa by Carol Sale
… of Fort Hare in 1972. [i] He was well educated for a Black South African of the time with the having a very … It was well-known for its rejection of the idea…
The Role of Women in the Struggle against Apartheid, 15 July 1980
… mattress, furniture and baking industries. While several black national federations were formed and dissolved, the one … of the period in which women…
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the commemoration of the twentieth anniversary of Steve Biko’s death East London, 12 September 1997, South Africa
… liberation, lapping at our own borders, was consolidating black pride across the world and firing the determination of … liberation, lapping at our own…
ArchiveInterview with Steve Biko
… Oral interview, in Durban, with Steve Biko, on the rise of Black Consciousness, the growing resistance of students by 1972 and …
Re-emergence of resistance, 1980-89
… in August 1983, this pre-eminence was sealed, and the Black Consciousness organisations began to wane. The strength of … adopted the Freedom Charter,…
ArchiveCHAPTER ONE: A Conceptual Overview by Kumi Naidoo
This chapter comes from the book
ArchiveThe education debate: our view
… Circular about the education debate by the Black Consciousness Movement of Azania, and includes discussions …
The Colonial Photographic Discourse and Censorship – Challenges for Resistance Photographers
… South African daily] routinely avoided using pictures of black people unless they were rioting and which did not print … Africa's racist history was how to…
Abdullah Ibrahim and the Politics of Jazz in South Africa
… will trace its function in the political struggle waged by Black and Colored musicians against the apartheid regime, … break down the color bar. Indeed the…
ArchiveSouth Africa Report
… protests, stay-aways, strikes and marches. Also covers the Black Consciousness Movement, Buthelezi, and detentions. …
ArchiveEastern Cape Regional Office report for the 5
… in the Eastern Cape are indicative that the philosophy of Black Consciousness is beginning to be understood and accepted by …
BiographyMakhanda Nxele
… of colonialism for: “Nxele pioneered the spirit of Black consciousness among the black people of South Africa.” [109] End notes: [4]Julia C. …
Roseberry Sonto interviewed by David Bailey, Cape Town, 2007
… The main political influence on him at that time was the Black Consciousness Movement. …
EventSchalk van Rensburg testifies before the TRC
… Reconciliation Commission (TRC) that the death of former Black Consciousness leader, Steve Biko, might have been caused by …