The most potent weapon in the armoury of a nation struggling for liberation and racial oppression are boycotts. The attitudes of the leaders' and intellectuals' are outlined in relation to the oppressors'. There is much discussion on the role of education and how state spent tremendous amounts of energy and money to devise methods of depriving the African population of proper education.
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The boycott as weapon of struggle

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- 27 Aug 2019

South African History Online. (2016, February 22). The boycott as weapon of struggle. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ss/ref/R-0114246
South African History Online (2016) 'The boycott as weapon of struggle', South African History Online, 22 February. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ss/ref/R-0114246 (Accessed: 26 July 2026).
South African History Online, The boycott as weapon of struggle [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ss/ref/R-0114246, (accessed 26 July 2026).
"The boycott as weapon of struggle." South African History Online, 22 Feb. 2016, https://sahistory.org.za/ss/ref/R-0114246. Accessed 26 July 2026.
South African History Online. "The boycott as weapon of struggle." South African History Online. February 22, 2016. https://sahistory.org.za/ss/ref/R-0114246.
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