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The Day South African Youth Rose Up: The Soweto Uprising and the Fight Against Apartheid

June 16, 1976, was a day etched deeply into the history of South Africa and the global struggle for justice. On this day, thousands of Black students in the township of Soweto took to the streets to protest the oppressive apartheid government’s decision to enforce education in Afrikaans—a language many saw as the tongue of …

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From Prisoner to President: The Day South Africa Changed Forever

On May 10, 1994, the world witnessed a moment that felt more like a dream than a headline: Nelson Mandela, a man who had been imprisoned for 27 years, stood tall and resolute as the first Black president of South Africa. It was more than an inauguration—it was a symbol of an entire nation turning …

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