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South Africa: Apartheid 1.0
Since the establishment of South Africa’s African National Congress (ANC) in 1912, their demand has been an end to all forms ...
The Mail & Guardian6dOpinion
Lessons for Israel from South Africa
There are many parallels between apartheid South Africa and Israel today — perhaps a one-state solution is not that far away ...
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South Africa: What Is Apartheid? New Book for Young Readers Explains South Africa's Racist System
The Story of Living in Apartheid, has just been published in South Africa. Intended for young people but speaking to readers ...
Athol Fugard: the great South African playwright who captured what it means to be human
His characters – tramps, discarded people, poor people, people on the fringes – are connected with all the people we know of ...
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South Africa's taboo-breaking playwright Athol Fugard
South African writer and theatre director Athol Fugard was acclaimed at home and abroad for plays that exposed the injustices ...
Athol Fugard: Death of a great South African playwright
Athol Fugard, who has died aged 92, was widely acclaimed as one of South Africa's greatest playwrights. The son of an Afrikaner mother, he was best known for his politically charged plays challenging ...
CounterPunch11hOpinion
Washington-Pretoria Power Spasms: The Ambassador’s trauma
Heads continue to turn northwestwards, here in South Africa. Eyes and ears are carefully tuned not only to the latest X.com ...
What is apartheid? New book for young readers explains South Africa’s racist system
The Story of Living in Apartheid was written by two academics for readers of all ages to know about the pain and the triumph ...
History Today: When South Africa chose to end 40 years of apartheid
On March 17, 1992, white South Africans voted in a national referendum to end more than 40 years of apartheid. While racial ...
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Athol Fugard, South African Playwright Who Spoke to Worldwide Audiences, Dies at 92
“Boesman and Lena,” about a mixed-race couple who are thrown off their land by whites and have to scrape by as they wander the mudflats of the River Swartkops in South Africa, was staged Off Broadway ...
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South Africa: Athol Fugard - the Great South African Playwright Who Captured What It Means to Be Human
in South Africa. It was for the first of three books I've written on his plays. I had just seen his play Boesman and Lena in London. It absolutely knocked me out with its emotional power. Boesman and ...
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Playwright Athol Fugard, who chronicled apartheid and its aftermath, dies at 92
When apartheid ended, and Nelson Mandela was elected president of South Africa, Athol Fugard thought his life ... one Black, the other of mixed race, who can pass for white. Fugard, who was also an ...