The Ultimate Safari | Themes
Apartheid
Between 1948 and 1992, the Republic of South Africa had an institutionalized system of racial segregation known as ‘‘apartheid’’—the Afrikaner word meaning ‘‘separateness.’’ Effectively stripping all South African blacks, coloreds, and Indians of their citizenship rights, apartheid was instrumental in helping whites to maintain power in the predominantly black country. As countries across Africa regained their independence from Europeans, the South African government, fearing the liberating influence of its recently liberated black neighbors on...
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