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Challenges Facing Diaspora Africans Who Return to Africa
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.
Other
Robben Island Museum: Homepage
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...
American Academy of Achievement
Academy of Achievement: Albie Sachs
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...
American Academy of Achievement
Academy of Achievement: Archbishop Desmond Tutu
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.
University of California
The Home Front: Domestic Workers Face Low Wages
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.
Curated OER
Forced Removals From Cato Manor, a Black Township, 1965.
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...
Curated OER
Black Student Protesters, June 1976
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
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...
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Nelson Mandela
Extensive biographical information and links for Nelson Mandela.
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
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.
NPR: National Public Radio
Npr: Nelson Mandela, 1918 2013
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...
Nobel Media AB
The Nobel Prize: The Nobel Prize in Literature 1988: Naguib Mahfouz
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.
Google Cultural Institute
Google Cultural Institute: Womens Anti Pass March
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.
Google Cultural Institute
Google Cultural Institute: 1913 Land Act
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.
Google Cultural Institute
Google Cultural Institute: Sharpeville Massacre
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.
Google Cultural Institute
Google Cultural Institute: Soweto Riots
Photographic exhibit showcases the Soweto Riots, a series of protests against the instruction of Afrikaans as a language in local schools.
Google Cultural Institute
Google Cultural Institute: Treason Trial
This illustrated report recounts the 1956 Treason Trial, a trial in which 156 people were arrested and accused of treason in South Africa.
Google Cultural Institute
Google Cultural Institute: Mandela Released
View a slideshow exhibit of the release of Nelson Mandela from prison in South Africa, February 10, 1990.
BBC
Bbc Audio Interviews: Desmond Tutu
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.
Ducksters
Ducksters: South Africa History and Timeline Overview
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.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Civil Rights for Kids: Glossary and Terms
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.
Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopedia Britannica: Guide to Black History: Nelson Mandela
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...
PBS
Pbs: Hopes on the Horizon South Africa
A companion website to a documentary on the rise of pro-democracy movements in South Africa during the 1990s.
PBS
Pbs Frontline: The Long Walk of Nelson Mandela
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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