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ArticleThe Empire of Mali (1230-1600)
… of Mali was one of the largest empires in West African History, and at its height, it spanned from the Atlantic … that he caused great inflation lasting a…
ArticlePan Africanist Congress (PAC)
… is represented in parliament. This feature focuses on the history of the PAC’s contribution to the struggle against … " outlines the chronological events in…
BiographyOliver Tambo
… in the Transvaal (now Gauteng). For the first time in history, two African students, one being Tambo, passed the JC … addressed meetings in Copenhagen and…
ArticleYusuf Dadoo Centenary Celebrations
… Dadoo in 2009, SAHO is, as part of its rewriting of the history of the liberation movement, updating its material on … impulses of the time that might have…
The oldest forms of human communication
… the printed word can be misleading. For example, certain history books taught, inaccurately, that Africans arrived in … them as 'primitive', and paid very…
ArticleCall for submissions: The Politics of Armed Struggle in Southern Africa Conference
… accompanied by a renewed effort to write and document the history of the resistance against apartheid and colonialism. … be lost forever and their stories…
SAAAH: “Reception / Perception”
… problematises issues surrounding the discipline of art history and art criticism, the latter being a field still … A panel discussion on changes in the…
Biography of Barry Gilder by Sofia Pullen
… the post-apartheid ANC, but to contribute to South African history. However, it is evident that he is unhappy with the … to work towards equality by telling…
ArticleConference: The Politics of Armed Struggle in Southern Africa
… REGISTER FOR THE CONFERENCE - CLICK HERE The Wits History Workshop, the Mapungubwe Institute for Strategic Reflection (MISTRA) and South African History…
ArticleHighlights for 2013
… South African History Online believes that history is made every day and to that effect we have compiled … representation of women in leadership for the…
Women at the start of the 20th century
… the last three or four decades that women's role in the history of South Africa has, belatedly, been given some recognition. Previously the history of women…
ArticleDutch Reformed Church (DRC)
… Dutch Reformed Church (DRC) of South Africa in 1652. The history of the church has been very much bound with the … to pray under, one umbrella, thus making…
ArticleThe Anglo-Zanzibar War of 1896
… is most notable for being the shortest war in recorded history, lasting less than three-quarters of an hour. The … in 1963. Endnotes [i] Knappert, J. (1992)…
ArticleSophiatown in Literature
… poignant accounts of the township's and South Africa's history in the last sixty years. Many of them were linked to … the authors themselves. The stories…
ArticleDefinition of Natural and Cultural heritage sites
… use of technology or reflect important stages in human history. A place where humans settled and used the land in a … World Heritage Sites must show major…
Archaeology: A Way of Rediscovering the Past
… ask different questions about the past. Knowledge of history grows and broadens as more archaeologists find … school students in South Africa only learnt…
BiographyJames Steven Mzilikazi Khumalo
… passionate about folk music traditions as well as the history and culture of the Zulu nation , which explains his …
ArticleBiography of Mongane Wally Serote by Matthew Williams
… racism. While writing this collection, Serote studied the history of racism and oppression around the world. “I was … joy and peace [14] Serote described…
Biography of Baleka Mbete-Kgositsile by Brianna T. Hogg
… Mbete-Kgositsile has played a major and vital role in the history of South African politics and the impact that women … Peter. 1960. "Sharpeville Massacre."…
ArticleArts and Cultural Organisations
… South Africa History Online has embarked, with the support of the NIHSS, … forward to help us develop a more complex picture of the history of the groups and…
SAAAH Conferences
… Carman Dr William Fehr (1892-1968), collector of art as history Dr Karl Koperski …
Biography of Eli Weinberg by Karen Folz
… anti-Semitism, and discrimination. The millennia-long history of “social isolation, curtailment of opportunities, … Photograph by Eli Weinberg. Permission:…
BiographyIsaac Williams Wauchope
… for many students was their encounter with South African history in the form of racially biased textbooks. Several … of written works cover topics such as…
Durban Historical & community
… Did you know An interesting history to mention is that of Inanda just outside Durban. … was home to three key figures in South African and World history. It…
ArticleWhat is heritage?
… For example, heritage can include a family's professional history; religious affiliation; or cultural traditions. Yet … dwellings or anything else deemed…
Activity: Kingdoms of southern Africa: Mapungubwe, Thulamela and Great Zimbabwe
… ://e-classroom.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/EngGr7T1-SS-History-Kingdom-of-Mali-L2.pdf … aps-content/grade-7/grade-7-english/grade-7-social-sciences…
Kingdoms of southern Africa: Activities | Grade 6
… Nasson, B. (ed). Turning Points in History: Book 1: Ancient Civilisations and Global Trade. …
ArticleSouthern Methodist University Partnership Project - 2020 submissions
… at Southern Methodist University, is a double major in History and Human Rights public policy and is a double minor … Tennessee. He is majoring in finance…
ArticlePoetry and Resistance in the 1970’s
… throughout the twentieth-century and has inhabited the history of South Africa‘s literary cultures with words of …
ArticleThe Ottoman Empire
… slightly higher taxes than Muslims. - From Understanding History 1, John Child et al, Heinemann, 1991 Source D One … out from the rest of the soldiers. -…