Decolonization of Africa · SITE OF MEMORY ·
Sharpeville massacre (1960)
On the Decolonization of Africa map as “Sharpeville”
21 Mar 1960 — South African police fire on a crowd protesting the pass laws, killing 69, most shot in the back. The ANC and PAC are banned and turn to armed struggle; the world can no longer quite look away. Remember them.
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- Apartheid in South Africa (chapter 10 of Decolonization of Africa)
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- The Decolonization of Africa, 1945–1994
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