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The Soweto Uprising
In June 1976 South African police opened fire on schoolchildren protesting against having to learn Afrikaans at school. Hear from Bongi Mkhabela who was a schoolgirl organiser on that march - about the violence and the resistance that followed.
Photo: Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ/Clarity Films/Peter Magubane
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