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BiographyArchbishop Emeritus Desmond Mpilo Tutu
… was forced to move once more, this time to Munsieville, a Black settlement in Krugersdorp. The young Tutu used to go to … he is remembered as an inspiring…
Book 5: People, Places and Apartheid - Chapter 3 - Politics and Consciousness in Cape Town Communities, 1980-1985 by Sean Field
… argues that it was inappropriate to label the political consciousness of coloured communities in the 1980s as … Bonteheuwel and Langa. These student…
EventThe Black People’s Convention (BPC) holds its first National Congress
… The Black People's Convention (BPC) held its first National … Pietermaritzburg where participants had decided to promote Black solidarity and foster the…
BiographyFrances Rix Ames
… Steve Biko , an anti-apartheid activist and leader of the Black Consciousness Movement (BCM) , died in detention on 12 …
Black ViewPoint - Black Development by Njabulo Ndebele
… From the book: Black ViewPoint by Ndebele, Ndamse, Buthelezi, Khoapa Njabulo … other hand, is a combination of ethnic groups. Thus, the black racial group…
ArchiveTime for a Change: Opening Address presented at the Black Sash National Conference in Durban
… Change: Opening Address by Jean Sinclair presented at the Black Sash National Conference in Durban on 15 October 1973, … 25 years of Apartheid, Bantustans,…
BiographyAlbertina Nontsikelelo Sisulu
… missionaries, and it was standard procedure that Black learners had to choose Christian names from a list … in Europe, were produced locally because of the…
BiographyPeter Hlaole Molotsi
… and other places in the Orange Free State. His political consciousness developed at high school. There were various … of whites who favoured the ANC and had…
BiographyThabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki
… one of apartheid's most offensively racist laws , bringing Black education under the control of the government and extending apartheid to black schools…
BiographySunny Girja Singh
… and the arrest of Nelson Mandela heightened his political consciousness. It was this that drove him to join the … with the bare minimum of clothing (prison…
Black ViewPoint - The New Day by C.M.C. Ndamse
… From the book: Black ViewPoint by Ndebele, Ndamse, Buthelezi, Khoapa C.M.C. … let loose. That day passed and gave way to another day. Black hands joined to…
ArticleAZAPO’s Women’s Wing - Imbeleko
… formed in 1982 to address the specific challenges faced by black women under apartheid. The organisation emerged from … women as central to the nurturing and…
BiographyKgalema Petrus Motlanthe
… Huddleston ’s, Naught for Your Comfort. The American Black Panther Movement and the rising Black Consciousness Movement in South African also played a …
Black Power by Richard (Rick) Turner
… seems to me to be some of the implications of the concept "Black Power". It covers a vide range of problems, and is not … be academically respectable. In…
BiographyTeboho MacDonald “Tsietsi” Mashinini
… subsequent adherence to the ideology and philosophy of Black Consciousness . He mentored him and supplied him with reading … said: “We see it as an official…
Biography of Lefifi Tladi by Paul Linck
… is what you perceive in the world. Need to develop sound consciousness” [viii] . The way you perceive the world is … [xv] . Lefifi Tladi’s African art and…
ArticleSouth African Student Organisation (SASO)
… in 1968 after some members of the University of Natal’s Black Campus SRC (Student Representative Council) decided to … In the 1960s White members became…
The National President of the Black People’s Convention declares that riots have ushered in a new era of political consciousnes
… The National President of the Black People’s Convention declares that riots have ushered in …
Soweto and mounting pressure on the apartheid state, 1970s
… and later specialised in Intelligence. Women and the Black Consciousness Movement in the 1970s The Black Consciousness Movement, led by Steve Biko, was a new…
BiographyDulcie Evonne September
… of pupils to attend Athlone High School , her political consciousness was raised by a number of her teachers who were … the Paris seminar, September reported…
BiographyGovin Reddy
… at Cooper School, founded by AS Cooper, the father of black consciousness leader Saths Cooper . It was here that he had … in 1984, the daughter of a friend…
ArticleThe Azania Liberation Support Committee and its publications
… Many of the ALSC members had been involved with the exiled Black Consciousness Movement of Azania. Thus, although they were Marxists and socialists, they did…
BiographyMagasvarie Govender
… Secondary School, one of her teachers gave her a copy of a Black Consciousness booklet which featured women activists (like …
ArticleAzanian Students Organisation (AZASO)
… (AZASO) was established in 1979 by students from five black universities and one college of education. AZASO, which … that adopted ANC policies and the…
Soweto forty years on: The Black student rebellion of 1976 by Professor Noor Nieftagodien
… feature of the 1976 uprising was the decisive entry of black students onto the stage of history. Until the 1960s, … force. Once mobilized behind the banner…
BiographyMohandas Karamchand Gandhi
… organised opposition to the Asiatic Registration Law (the Black Act). In March 1907, the Black Act was passed, requiring all Indians - young and old, … and…
Chapter Three - The Black Republic Question and the Third Period
… potential of the workers and the backward character of black workers. In his 1921 report to the Comintern on … to be socialist missionary work by white…
Chapter Five - The Fighter for Black Unity: 1935 - 1945
… the prejudices of the white workers in the organisation of black workers. "Clarity on this issue is of tremendous … opposing each other in this debate. Unity…
ArticleBiko’s imprisonment, death and the aftermath
… Biko’s brutal death made him a martyr in the history of Black resistance to White hegemony. It inflamed Black anger and inspired a rededication to the…
BiographyChristopher “Dali” Daluxolo Mpofu
… . Some of these included “Cry, the Beloved Country” and “Black Like Me” which were banned in South Africa because of … he admired, Steve Biko , the founder…