Title Sharpeville : an apartheid massacre and its consequences / Tom Lodge

Published Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2011

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Description 1 online resource (xix, 423 pages) : illustrations, maps Series The making of the modern world Making of the modern world (Oxford University Press) Contents Voices from a massacre -- Pan-Africanist preparations -- The Sharpeville shootings -- The Cape Town marchers -- Aftermath: effects and consequences -- The anti-apartheid movement -- Sharpeville and memory Summary On 21 March 1960 several hundred black Africans were injured and 69 killed when South African police opened fire on demonstrators in the township of Sharpeville, protesting against the Apartheid regime's racist 'pass' laws. The Sharpeville Massacre, as the event has become known, signalled the start of armed resistance in South Africa, and prompted worldwide condemnation of South Africa's Apartheid policies. The events at Sharpeville deeply affected the attitudes of both black andwhite in South Africa and provided a major stimulus to the development of an international 'Anti-Apartheid' movement. In Sharpeville, Tom Lodge explains how and why the Massacre occurred, looking at the social and political background to the events of March 1960, as well as the sequence of events that prompted the shootings themselves. He then broadens his focus to explain the long-term consequences of Sharpeville, explaining how it affected South African politics over the following decades, both domestically and also in the country's relationship with the rest of the world Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 391-409) and index Notes Print version record Subject Sharpeville Massacre, Sharpeville, South Africa, 1960. HISTORY -- Africa -- South -- General. HISTORY -- Africa -- South -- Republic of South Africa. History. Politics and government Race relations Sharpeville -- Massaker Massaker. SUBJECT South Africa -- Race relations. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85125494 South Africa -- Politics and government -- 1961-1978. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85125492 Subject South Africa South Africa -- Sharpeville Sharpeville Sharpeville. Form Electronic book LC no. 2011929284 ISBN 9780191617348 0191617342

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