Performance in museums can be one way that an interest in history, and in turn wider societal issues, is cultivated from a young age.
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The stories of six South African women who travelled to fight for workers and for women’s rights, and risked it all.
Exiled for much of his career, he was acknowledged universally as a pioneer and a leading light of the international free jazz scene.
Together Apart: The Story of Living in Apartheid was written by two academics for readers of all ages to know about the pain and the triumph of South Africa’s past.
Robert Sobukwe was committed to individual rights, a key tenet of liberalism.
Despite its historic importance, Sharpeville itself has remained unknown and its residents anonymous, yet they have a story to tell.
The pain of a brutal past and how to find healing is a theme shared between African Americans and black South Africans.
Cole was a master of portraying the violence of apartheid through scenes of everyday life.
The pioneering role she played, and the sacrifices she made, extended well beyond the famous 1956 Women’s March.
Thanks to the public events and the scholarly engagement with her life and work, Charlotte Maxeke has become one of the most visible South African women from the 19th and 20th centuries.
South Africans deserve a fuller picture of the extent of police brutality, and the level of accountability, especially when people die at the hands of police.
The low levels of familiarity with key historical events indicate that there are serious shortcomings in the development of national collective memory in South Africa.
Kimi Makwetu embodied the values of integrity, selflessness, humility and hard work. He steadfastly believed in the South African constitution.
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Lecturer, University of Cape Town
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Professor Emerita of English and Research Associate of the African Centre for the Study of the United States, University of the Witwatersrand
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Research Director: Developmental, Capable and Ethical State (DCES) research division, and Coordinator of the South African Social Attitudes Survey (SASAS), Human Sciences Research Council
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Dean and Professor Emeritus, Louisiana State University
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Professor of International Human Rights Law, Centre for Human Rights, and acting SARChI Chair in International Constitutional Law, University of Pretoria
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Senior Lecturer in Media Studies, University of Cape Town
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Senior Lecturer (Radical Humanities Laboratory, University College Cork), University College Cork
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Professor: International Business & Strategy, Wits Business School, University of the Witwatersrand
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Chief Research Specialist., Human Sciences Research Council
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Chief Research Manager, Human Sciences Research Council
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Professor Emeritus of History, University of California, Los Angeles
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