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Soweto uprising: Children who marched against apartheid
Manage episode 414070029 series 1301442
When South African schoolchildren marched in protest against having to study Afrikaans in 1976, they were gunned down by the police.
The killings sparked a cycle of protests across the country against the racist apartheid regime.
In 2010, march organiser Bongi Mkhabela told Alan Johnston about her memories of the Soweto uprising.
(Photo: Protestors on the march. Credit: Bongani Mnguni/CityPress/Gallo Images/Getty Images)
2047 episodes
Manage episode 414070029 series 1301442
When South African schoolchildren marched in protest against having to study Afrikaans in 1976, they were gunned down by the police.
The killings sparked a cycle of protests across the country against the racist apartheid regime.
In 2010, march organiser Bongi Mkhabela told Alan Johnston about her memories of the Soweto uprising.
(Photo: Protestors on the march. Credit: Bongani Mnguni/CityPress/Gallo Images/Getty Images)
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