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Challenges Facing Diaspora Africans Who Return to Africa

For Students 9th - 10th
This is an examination of African-Americans who return to Africa and how they are accepted and accept African people and African life as well as how they cope with the challenges of adopting their ancestral homeland as foreign outsiders.
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Robben Island Museum: Homepage

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the Robben Island Museum has information on the island and the prisoners who were held there. Nelson Mandela was held there for many years (1962 to 1982). Provides a general context for understanding the lives of political...
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American Academy of Achievement

Academy of Achievement: Albie Sachs

For Students 9th - 10th
Biography of Albie Sachs a champion of justice in Apartheid South Africa who spent time as a political prisoner and was gravely injured by a car bomb planted by South African security forces, exiled, and was finely reunited with his...
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American Academy of Achievement

Academy of Achievement: Archbishop Desmond Tutu

For Students 9th - 10th
Biography of the life and work of South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu who spoke out against Apartheid and has devoted his life to promoting peace in the world.
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University of California

The Home Front: Domestic Workers Face Low Wages

For Students 9th - 10th
Describes how little has changed since Apartheid in South Africa for the women and blacks who work primarily in domestic situations enduring instability and low pay.
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Curated OER

Forced Removals From Cato Manor, a Black Township, 1965.

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of radio programs on Nelson Mandela covering the years from the beginning of apartheid, the emergence of the African National Congress, his 27 years of imprisonment on Robben Island, up to his role as President of South...
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Curated OER

Black Student Protesters, June 1976

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of radio programs on Nelson Mandela covering the years from the beginning of apartheid, the emergence of the African National Congress, his 27 years of imprisonment on Robben Island, up to his role as President of South...
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Legacy Project

For Students 9th - 10th
The Legacy Project houses the work of artists and writers who have made twentieth-century traumas and conflicts their subject. Visitors learn how artists construct art from memories of apartheid, wars, massacres, genocides, acts of...
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Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Nelson Mandela

For Students 9th - 10th
Extensive biographical information and links for Nelson Mandela.
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Wikimedia

Wikipedia: International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

For Students 9th - 10th
March 21 is the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. Learn about the history of this of importat day and its origin in 1960's South Africa.
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NPR: National Public Radio

Npr: Nelson Mandela, 1918 2013

For Students 9th - 10th
A series of news reports and commentaries about Nelson Mandela on the occasion of his death in December 2013. Includes reactions from around the world to his passing, commentaries on his life and the impact of his leadership in South...
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Nobel Media AB

The Nobel Prize: The Nobel Prize in Literature 1988: Naguib Mahfouz

For Students 9th - 10th
This the Nobel Foundation page on Naguib Mahfouz, winner of the Nobel Prize for literature in 1988. You'll find bibliographic information, his Nobel speech, and articles written about him.
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Google Cultural Institute

Google Cultural Institute: Womens Anti Pass March

For Students 9th - 10th
Online exhibition tells the story of the 1956 Women's Anti-Pass March in South Africa which was an organized demonstration against the new pass laws.
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Google Cultural Institute

Google Cultural Institute: 1913 Land Act

For Students 9th - 10th
This exhibit takes a photographic look at the 1913 Land Act, legislation which restricted the rights of black people and their acquisition of land in South Africa.
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Google Cultural Institute

Google Cultural Institute: Sharpeville Massacre

For Students 9th - 10th
Illustrated story explores the tragic event that took place in South Africa in 1960 when police opened fire on a "peaceful" protest against the pass laws thus becoming known as the Sharpeville Massacre.
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Google Cultural Institute

Google Cultural Institute: Soweto Riots

For Students 9th - 10th
Photographic exhibit showcases the Soweto Riots, a series of protests against the instruction of Afrikaans as a language in local schools.
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Google Cultural Institute

Google Cultural Institute: Treason Trial

For Students 9th - 10th
This illustrated report recounts the 1956 Treason Trial, a trial in which 156 people were arrested and accused of treason in South Africa.
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Google Cultural Institute

Google Cultural Institute: Mandela Released

For Students 9th - 10th
View a slideshow exhibit of the release of Nelson Mandela from prison in South Africa, February 10, 1990.
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BBC

Bbc Audio Interviews: Desmond Tutu

For Students 9th - 10th
The BBC provides audio clips from a 1986 interview with South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu. Additional content includes a brief biography, a list of key works, and links to further material on the BBC network.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: South Africa History and Timeline Overview

For Students 1st - 9th
Kids learn about the history and timeline of the country of South Africa including early tribes, Dutch settlers, British rule, Boer Wars, apartheid, and Nelson Mandela.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Civil Rights for Kids: Glossary and Terms

For Students 9th - 10th
Kids learn about Civil Rights glossary and terms including segregation, Jim Crow laws, disabilities, apartheid, suffrage, poll tax, and more. Definitions and words you need to know.
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Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica: Guide to Black History: Nelson Mandela

For Students 9th - 10th
This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica's Guide to Black History features Nelson Mandela, a black nationalist and first black president of South Africa (1994-99). His negotiations in the early 1990s with South African Pres. F.W. de Klerk...
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PBS

Pbs: Hopes on the Horizon South Africa

For Students 9th - 10th
A companion website to a documentary on the rise of pro-democracy movements in South Africa during the 1990s.
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PBS

Pbs Frontline: The Long Walk of Nelson Mandela

For Students 3rd - 8th
Site accompanies a PBS special on the inspirational Nelson Mandela. Site chronicles the life and many struggles of Mandela. It specifically breaks his life down into four parts: childhood, revolutionary, prisoner, and husband. Also...

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