| Description |
1 online resource (200 pages) : illustrations (some color), color maps. |
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Genocide & persecution |
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Gale eBooks
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Genocide and persecution.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Historical background on apartheid in South Africa -- Apartheid in South Africa : an overview / David Welsh -- The freedom charter / South African Congress Alliance -- Establishing separate communities for different races / M.A. Johnson -- The Sharpeville massacre / The Rt. Reverend Ambrose Reeves -- A student uprising in Soweto / Denis Herbstein -- An inquiry into an activist's death / Benjamin Pogrund -- A warning from South Africa's Bishop Tutu / Gary Thatcher -- The beginning of the end for apartheid / F.W. De Klerk -- Apartheid has no future / Nelson Mandela -- A risky plan for post-apartheid South Africa / Hugh Dellios -- Controversies surrounding apartheid in South Africa -- Apartheid is the best policy for South Africa / A.L. Geyer -- Apartheid is an evil and unjust system / Desmond Tutu -- South Africa and foreign countries reacted differently to the Sharpeville massacre / Brian Martin -- Sanctions must be imposed on South Africa / Oliver Tambo -- Sanctions should not be imposed on South Africa / Helen Suzman -- Us companies may not truly be leaving South Africa / Charles Villa-Vicencio -- Multiple factors caused the collapse of apartheid / Kathleen C. Schwartzman and Kristie A. Taylor -- The Truth and Reconciliation Commission was successful / Njabulo S. Ndebele -- The Truth and Reconciliation Commission had many weaknesses / R.W. Johnson -- Economic apartheid lives on in South Africa / Pusch Commey -- Personal narratives -- A South African reflects on his childhood / Christian S. Gerber -- A political prisoner serves time on Robben Island / Mac Maharaj -- A black youth experiences apartheid firsthand / Mark Mathabane -- An imprisoned ANC leader learns about Soweto and the new activists / Nelson Mandela -- A white South African teen discovers truths about his country / Mark Abrahamson in Tim McKee and anne Blackshaw -- A South African woman recalls traumatic events of apartheid / Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela. |
| Summary |
Examines the genocide and persecution of South African people, providing an historical background on Apartheid, a "separateness" of the races, beginning in 1948. |
| Subject |
Apartheid.
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Political violence -- South Africa.
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Crimes against humanity -- South Africa.
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Human rights -- South Africa.
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South Africa -- Politics and government -- 20th century.
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| Added Author |
Immell, Myra, editor.
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Chalk, Frank, editor.
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Gale (Firm)
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| Other Form: |
Print version: South Africa. Detroit : Greenhaven Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning, 2014 9780737768947 (DLC) 2013037235 |
| ISBN |
9780737770155 (electronic book) |
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9780737768947 (hardcover) |
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0737768940 |
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