Soweto uprising

Event 1976

The student protest of 16 June 1976 against being taught in Afrikaans, and the police shooting that followed. It is the event behind Hugh Masekela's "Soweto Blues", and Abdullah Ibrahim declared his support for the ANC openly after it.

Connections

is associated with

apartheid era (1976) schoolchildren shot for refusing Afrikaans instruction

took place at

Soweto (1976) 16 June 1976

has as its song

Soweto Blues (1976)

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