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Turning point · The Decolonization of Africa, 1945–1994
The Hani assassination
10 Apr 1993 — A white extremist murders Chris Hani, the popular Communist and MK leader, hoping to ignite a race war. Mandela — not the state president — calms the country on television. The transition holds by a thread.
This is one scene of Chapter 11 — The Four Years That Decided It in The Decolonization of Africa, 1945–1994.
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