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South Africans celebrate the anniversary of the Soweto Uprising of 1976, planned in Orlando East. Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

October 25, 2022

Apartheid ‘town planning’ created Orlando 90 years ago. It became a hotbed of black resistance

Noor Nieftagodien, University of the Witwatersrand

Soon after it was established in 1932 Orlando became a mecca of black urban culture and liberation politics.

Robert Sobukwe in his cell at the prison on Robben Island. Getty Images

June 8, 2022

Robert Sobukwe: equal status in the pantheon of South African activists is long overdue

Sanya Osha, University of Cape Town

Robert Sobukwe was once perceived to possess more revolutionary potential than Nelson Mandela.

On May 27, 1919, British Prime Minister Lloyd George, Italian President Vittorio Orlando, French Prime Minister Georges Clemenceau and American President Woodrow Wilson met May 27, 1919, during the Paris Peace Conference. Lee Jackson/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

August 3, 2020

How the failures of the 1919 Versailles Peace Treaty set the stage for today’s anti‑racist uprisings

Elizabeth Thompson, American University School of International Service

Suffering a pandemic and the aftermath of a war that killed 50 million, the world in 1920 faced a turning point as it negotiated a new political order. As today, the key issue was racial inequality.

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Sanya Osha
Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Humanities in Africa, University of Cape Town
Elizabeth Thompson
Professor and Mohamed S. Farsi Chair of Islamic Peace, American University School of International Service
Noor Nieftagodien
Head of the History Workshop, University of the Witwatersrand

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