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Documents, speeches, Awards, and articles relating to Desmond Tutu
… preacher and strident voice against apartheid, first Black Secretary General of the South African Council of Churches , first Black Archbishop of the…
“Exodus without a map”: What happened to the Durban moment? by Edward Webster
… were low, and the apartheid system was built on cheap black labour. But as it is often said, surveys usually … to Steve Bantu Biko and his emerging…
ArchiveThe exilic geographies of the South by Benjamin N. Lawrance and Vusumuzi R. Kumalo
… formidable list of censorship provisions on the “creative black writer” were only some of the many impediments on … of apartheid in the 1950s onwards. These…
Prejudice, Politics and Patriarchy: The Social Decline and Changing Identity of David Lurie in J. M. Coetzee’s Disgrace by Charley-Ann Pearson
… singing to himself’ ( Disgrace 212) whilst Petrus, the black ‘gardener and dog-man’ ( Disgrace 64) gains more and … would have played a pivotal role in David…
ArticleThe 1956 Women’s March in Pretoria
… African, and thereby, severely limit the movements of the black African populace, manage urbanization, and allot … and worse. However, in the location of…
Chapter IV - A meaningful life
… They were resettled on bare, undeveloped land in black areas. Cos had exposed the shameful conditions of these … me to tears. I saw that Jean Sinclair,…
Ndibhala Intando Yam: A Converstation on Translating "I Write What I Like" by Steve Biko
… is finally speaking isiXhosa - in the community where Black thought has always lived. For decades, I Write What I Like shaped Black political thought -…
ArticleSharpeville
… 19 March 1960, the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) called on Black South Africans to leave their pass books at home and … carrying passes. The PAC saw this as…
Biography of Arthur Nortje by Kangkang Yang
… the buffer zone between two opposing forces of White and Black during the height of apartheid, both in South Africa … in an iron shack, symbolizing the…
Sport, Race, and Liberation Before Apartheid by Dr Peter Alegi
… role in sport administration boosted the development of black football in South Africa. In some ways, Luthuli's … contribution exemplifies the heritage of…
Women in the apartheid society by Fatima Meer
… only marginally from that of white men: likewise, while black women suffer more than black men from the violations of their rights, the violations … The most…
EventGovernment's final consolidation of 'homelands'
… form of apartheid separate development and a way to strip Black South Africans of their South African citizenship. The … the point of view of the Apartheid…
ArticlePass Laws in South Africa
… The Pass Laws was a system used to control the movement of Black, Indian and Coloured people in South Africa. The pass …
The search for Peter Johnson’s story
… Marxist thinking, and contemporary theories concerning Black Consciousness and liberation. In 1967, two years before … [xv] In the 1970s, a wave of new…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1970-1979
… She is elected to the executive of the Federation of Black Women . December, An ANC National Executive Committee … Madikizela-Mandela is elected to the…
Archive'Colonialism had never really ended': my life in the shadow of Cecil Rhodes by Simukai Chigudu
… our home on the outskirts of the city through the imposing black gates of St George’s College, Harare. Dressed in a red … also accepted a handful of boys…
ArticleA History of the South African Film Industry timeline 1895-2003
… to appear. 1930 In August 1930 the first sound film of Black traditional life, In the Land of the Zulus was … of his father. The first South African film…
ArticleThe Nelson Mandela Presidency - 1994 to 1999
… White South Africans were willing to share power, but many black South Africans wanted a complete transfer of power. The … work towards abolishing apartheid…
ArticleThe Namibian struggle for independence – 1966 – 1990 – a historical background
… apartheid laws were extended to Namibia and prevented black Namibians from having any political rights, as well as … Organisation (SWAPO) was formed. SWAPO…
ArticleThe missionaries
… progress, growth, development and enlightenment of many Black women and men of South Africa in the early 1950s and … the first and the only agency that…
BiographyWilfrid Edward Cooper
… caused.” [2] 1976 Mapetla Mohapi a leader of the Black Consciousness Movement was arrested under the Terrorism …
ArticlePeter Magubane Timeline 1932-
… of which the middle one was unstable. He was given only black bitter coffee to drink and collapsed on the fifth day. … In August this year Magubane was again…
PlaceEzakheni Township of Ladysmith
… African families from Ladysmith townships and surrounding ‘black spots’ were moved into Ezakheni in successive batches, … 1972 to make a way for a dam. · …
Biography of Mtutuzeli Dudu Pukwana by Nick Mencia
… to protest and cope with every day life within the black community in South Africa. Musical resistance gained … and culture rose simultaneously with the…
“White ladies [do not] push heavy skips”: Examining NUDW and CCAWUSA organising of occupational categories in the retail and distributive trade in the late 1960s and 1970s by Bridget Kenny
… from 1975, CCAWUSA specifically organised to bring all (black) commercial workers together, explicitly cross-cutting … shortage created pressure on…
ArticleThe Mfecane: Understanding a Period of Transformation in Southern Africa
… historians to present the era as a period of "black-on-black destruction," thereby concealing European … perception - encouraged by the narrative of…
The Battle of Square Hill
… and Society, Participation and Remembrance, South African black and coloured troops in the First World war, 1914 – 1918 … and Society, Participation and…
Biography of Abdullah Ibrahim by Chance Overby
… the area known as District Six. District Six was a hub for Black culture in South Africa. However, during 1968 many of … their skin. This removal only…
ArticleSASO Bannings
… attack from the Government. In March 1973, eight Black Consciousness leaders were banned. In 1977, nine SASO …
ArticleWomen and The Food and Canning Workers’ Union
… canning industry during World War II and the post-war era. Black men and women from the Eastern Cape and Western Cape … of the FCWU towards race, gender and…