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Sharpeville, an apartheid massacre and its consequences, Tom Lodge

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Tom Lodge

The making of the modern world

an apartheid massacre and its consequences

"On 21 March 1060 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 even 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 and white 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. In the light of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission revelations, and drawing on significant new evidence including interviews with survivors, Lodge presents a reassessment of the crisis that led to the Massacre, 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"--Cover, p. 2

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