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SS Africa Exam Part 1

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Sharpeville
assembled in front of ____________ police station, 69 protesters were killed
Black Consciousness
movement to encourage blacks to take pride in their race, overcoming lies they have neen told about whites being better than them
Donald Woods
White newspaper editor in south africa, befriends Biko
African National Congress (ANC)
liberation movement, unites african people, ANC was illegal
Soweto
Where over 700 black students revolted about the schools, brought international attention to south africa
Divest
instead of invest south africans wanted countrys to stop trading with the white south africans in order to make the whites treat blacks better
Desmond Tutu
he was the first black archbishop of Capetown, priest in south africa, worked in London, won nobel peace prize in 1984
Banning
this restricts someone to a particular area, when they are _____ they can be with more than 1 person at a time, no public places
'Spear Of Nation'
military wing of the ANC
Homeland/Reserves
where blacks legally lived, usually far away from jobs, more rural
Truth and Reconciliation Commission
given power to grant amnesty, post apartheid, uncovered what how blacks really died
Passbooks
had to be carried by colors where thery were out of their townships, these were burnt in protest against the goverment
Afrikaans
language of south african dutch descendents, south africans were taught in this language
Townships
where blacks legally lived, were forced, more urban areas
"Biko" "Sun City" "Nelson Mandela"
these were songs blacks living under apartheid would sing to annoy police officers or to make them happy
F.W. De Klerk
last apartheid-era president, freed mandela,
Apartheid
means apartness, segergation between colored and whites, in south africa
Radio Freedom
underground radio station that informed on what really happened in certian places
Nelson Mandela
leader of the ANC, sentenced to Robben Island, he got out in 1990
Robben Island
Little amounts of food, 5 miles of the coast of south africa, a place where blacks if the broke the law had to stay
Steve Biko
died in police custody, a leader of Black Consciousness

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