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Sharpeville

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Sharpeville
a town in E South Africa: scene of riots in 1960 (when 69 demonstrators died), 1984, and 1985 (when 19 died)


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Mbatha uses this process of remembering from 1880 forward to cover critical aspects of South African history, including colonialism, Christianity (his parents were kholwa/Christian), Nongqawuse's prophecy and Xhosa Suicide, the Anglo-Zulu war, apartheid (ubandlululo), Sharpeville, pass laws, and the TRC hearings.
Remember Sharpeville Bullets-in-the-back day Because it epitomizes oppression And the nature of society More clearly than anything else .
The ANC was banned in 1960, shortly after the infamous Sharpeville massacre, and soon afterwards formed an armed wing called Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK)--"Spear of the Nation.
 
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