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Submissions by the McGill University students 2012
… occasionally trying to play a piano. Project: A biography of Michael Guthrie Scott Elizabeth Hudler Elizabeth Hudler … create, communicate, receive and…
ArticlePan-Africanism
… Pan-Africanism is the belief that people of African descent have common interests and should be … Historically, Pan-Africanism has often taken the shape of a…
ArticleThe Basotho
… In the early 1800’s there was a great deal of migration and upheaval in Southern Africa, mostly as a result of the Mfecane. There were a number of conflicts…
ArticleWorld War I Timeline 1916
… 18 February The German colony of Cameroon falls to French and British forces after 17 months of fighting. 21 February–19 December The Battle of Verdun begins…
Yusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1900 - 1909
… 1902 At the cessation of hostilities, Sir Alfred Milner , the former British High Commissioner and Governor of the Cape and now administrator of the two…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1910-1919
… was characterized by events leading up to the formation of the African National Congress in 1912 as well as the … include the fight against the 1913 Land Act…
ArticlePseudo-scientific racism and Social Darwinism
… in Grade 7 Human Evolution. Darwinism Today the theory of evolution is a well supported, unifying principle in … most remembered for his contribution to how…
ArticleThe Angolan Civil War (1975-2002): A Brief History
… The overthrow of Portugal’s Prime Minister, Marcello Caetano, on 25 April … a watershed moment for the former Portuguese colonies of Mozambique, Guinea…
ArticleSouth Africa’s Key economic policies changes (1994 - 2013)
… (ANC) won with a majority vote to head the government of national unity. In order to rebuild and transform the economy after years of apartheid regime’s…
ArticleThe World and South Africa when Nelson Mandela was born
… Nelson Mandela was born into a world of war, revolutionary upheaval and a worldwide influenza … end in sight. In January General T.E. Lawrence led an army of…
ArticleWhat was the Great Depression and why did it start in the USA?
… The depression was caused by a number of serious weaknesses in the economy. Although the 1920s … faced low prices and heavy debt. The lingering effects of…
ArticleThe 1st Johannesburg Biennale
… artistic exchange and dialogue after the Cultural Boycotts of the Isolation Years, the first Johannesburg Biennale … from 28 February – 30 April 1995,…
Political changes from 1750 to 1820
… Britain takes control of the Cape Once revolutionary armies of France invaded Holland in 1795, the British feared that the French would take control of the…
The Freedom struggle: Political mobilisation in Port Elizabeth
… The Eastern Cape is regarded by many as the cradle of Black resistance against White oppression. After the defeat of the Xhosa by the British in the frontier…
Pretoria the Segregated city
… city Post-1948 Legislation This period marks the beginning of the rise of apartheid. Although South Africa was already a very … the non-White population…
ArticleThe Cordoned Heart
… South Africa: The Cordoned Heart is considered as one of the seminal photographic exhibitions and books of the 1980’s. The exhibition and book was a product…
ArticleMapungubwe
… The ancient city of Mapungubwe (meaning 'hill of the jackal') is an Iron Age archaeological site in the … years ago, Mapungubwe appears to have been the…
ArticlePort Elizabeth Timeline 1799-1986
… troops in Algoa Bay. Construction begins on the building of Fort Frederick. 1803 Founding of Bethelsdorp. 1804 25 April, Proclamation issued creating the…
ArticleGarveyism: Early 1900s philosophy
… Marcus Garvey, preaching the unity of all blacks, claimed that liberty would come about only through the return of all Afro-Americans to their ancestral…
ArticleDr G M 'Monty' Naicker - Timeline
… MILESTONES 1910 - Birth of Mohambry (Monty) Naicker to Papiah Gangathura, a fruiterer, and Dhanamal, of Leopold Street, Durban. 1917-1926 - Attended the…
Political executions
… execution) Boesman, Mangena Jeffrey, 35 1989/09/29 Death of informer school teacher in Sterkstroom, Eastern Cape … in Paarl. Dyakala, Kholisile, 31 1989/11…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1800-1899
… traces his lineage back to the Thembu Chief Nxeko, one of the early Thembu Kings who ruled over Thembuland, a … The historical record shows Xhosa lived on…
Mandela: Message to India
… Mandela: Message to India 18 June 1994 [ On the occasion of an India-South Africa Solidarity Meet to discuss the … Mandela sent a message in his capacity as…
ArticleThe Transkei
… Act were fought in the Transkei , where the resistance of the peasants culminated in the Pondo revolt which broke … held in custody for indefinite periods…
ArticleThe Berlin Conference
… Conference can be best understood as the formalisation of the Scramble for Africa. This British coined the term … European powers were slow to realise the…
Article1973 Durban Strikes
… ship repairs companies also came out on strike. By the end of March 1973, close on 100,000 mainly African workers, approximately half of the entire African…
Glossary: Learning from Leaders
… boycott a bus, you refuse to ride on it. Campaign A series of organised activities that are all meant to achieve a … deal with difficult or dangerous…
ArticleBecoming human in southern Africa
… South Africa for more than 100 000 years. As a matter of fact, the Cradle of Humankind, or what is believed to be the birthplace of humans, is close to…
ArticleBatavian Republic 1803-1806
… After the French Revolution, the newly founded Republic of France conquered the Netherlands in 1795. The Netherlands … became known as the Batavian Republic…
ArticleWorld War I
… This feature commemorates the outbreak of the First World War. This major historical event became … from previous wars, in Europe, is the scale and brutality…