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.
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.
Stanford University
Stanford University: The History of Apartheid in South Africa
Presents a history of apartheid in South Africa as part of a university course project.
Other
Apartheid Museum: Understanding Apartheid
This is an extensive teaching and study unit on apartheid in South Africa, complete with teacher notes and assessment materials. It looks at the historical roots of apartheid until the release from prison of Nelson Mandela in 1990. It...
Understanding Slavery Initiative
Understanding Slavery Initiative: Legacies: Apartheid
This article spotlights the National Party of Africa's role in the creation of apartheid, and its reuse as a tool of white supremacy, enforced by successive white minority governments in the Republic of South Africa in the 20th century.
PBS
The Lost City of Mapungubwe
This site has interesting background information of the ancient city of Mapungubwe in South Africa which was hidden from the world by the apartheid government. Now scholars and archaeologists can explore and excavate there with no problems.
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...
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 Turns 85
As Nelson Mandela turned 85 in 2003, NPR looks back on his life of the anti-Apartheid leader who became president of South Africa. Audio segment included.
Other
Bantu Stephen Biko
A profile of the life and death of Stephen Biko (1946-1977 CE) in Apartheid South Africa.
Google Cultural Institute
Google Cultural Institute: The Rivonia Trial
In this pictorial narrative, learn about the landmark Rivonia Trial in which leading opponents of apartheid went on trial for sabotage. Often referred to as "the trial that changed South Africa."
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: Steve Biko: Final Days
Photographic exhibit explores the final days of Steve Biko, the South African black rights campaigner and anti-apartheid activist who died in 1977 at the age of 31.
Google Cultural Institute
Google Cultural Institute: Steve Biko: Legacy
Photographic exhibit commemorates the legacy of the late anti-apartheid activist Steve Biko.
Google Cultural Institute
Google Cultural Institute: 1913 Land Act
View this pictorial essay to learn about the 1913 Land Act that prohibited "black" people from buying or renting land in areas designated as "white". This legislation was one of the cornerstones of apartheid and paved the way for further...
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.
California Digital Library
E Scholarship Editions: The Opening of the Apartheid Mind
Read this entire book online, through this link. Site includes a suggested citation for the work, as well as links to individual chapters. Clickable footnotes are also a nice touch.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Civil Rights for Kids: Apartheid
Kids learn about the history of apartheid in South Africa including the African National Congress, Nelson Mandela, the Soweto Uprising, and bringing apartheid law to an end on this site.
Nobel Media AB
The Nobel Prize: Nelson Mandela and the Rainbow Culture
This detailed article from the Nobel e-museum on the life of Nelson Mandela is organized into the following sections: "Equality and Pluralism," "The Development of 'Colour-blindness,'" "The Legacy of Mahatma Gandhi and Pandit Nehru,"...
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...
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.
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Xhosa
"Xhosa" is the generic name used for a number of related cultural groups in South Africa. Xhosa groups include the Mpondo, Bomvana, Bhaca, Thembu, Mpondomise, Xesibe, Mfengu, Hlubi, and the Xhosa proper. These Southern Nguni peoples, as...
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.