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unusual facts about Soweto uprising


Baruch Hirson

Beginning with Year of fire, year of ash - a record of the Soweto uprising - Hilson wrote a series of works on the history of the left and the anti-apartheid struggle in South Africa.


A Million Colours

It follows them from the success of the film around the time of the Soweto Uprising, through to the election of Nelson Mandela.

Khutsong

On 27 April 2007 when President Thabo Mbeki was celebrating Freedom Day at Bhisho renewed riots reminiscent of those which occurred in Soweto on 16 June 1976 took place in the streets of Khutsong.

Sam Nzima

Sam Nzima (Born: 8 August 1934, Lillydale) is the South African photographer who took what became the iconic image of Hector Pieterson for the Soweto uprising, but struggled for years to get the copyright.

William B. Edmondson

His appointment came at a time of major political and social upheaval in that country, following the Soweto uprising and the murder of student activist Steve Biko.


see also

Pieterson

Hector Pieterson (1964–1976), became the subject of an iconic image of the 1976 Soweto uprising in South Africa