Born A Crime: Apartheid

This site seeks "to address the biased way in which South Africa’s history and heritage, as well as the history and heritage of Africa is represented in our educational and cultural institutions.""

The TRC met from 1995 – 2002 to enable reconciliation among South Africans who suffered human rights abuses.

Overview of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of South Africa including a short bibliography

A chapter on South Africa from a LumenLearning world history open course.

Map of racial concentrations and homelands in South Africa (1979)

Additional historical maps of South Africa

Historical maps

An article in The Atlantic from 2013 by Olga Khan

An article by Lisa Findley & Liz Ogbu published in Places Journal: Public Scholarship on Architecture, Landscape and Urbanism. November 2011.

Afropop Worldwide's "Hip Deep" reflections of South African musicians recalling key events of the long journey to freedom. Recorded 2013.

A freely accessible online scholarly resource focusing on the socio-political history of South Africa, particularly the struggle for freedom during the period from 1950 to the first democratic elections in 1994, providing primary source material (testimonies,letters,etc), articles, videos, etc.

Documents activism in the United States to support the struggles of African peoples against colonialism, apartheid, and social injustice from the 1950s thru the 1990's.

Forward to Freedom tells the story of the British Anti-Apartheid Movement and its campaigns to support the people of South Africa in their fight against apartheid. The AAM also campaigned for freedom for Namibia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique and Angola, and against South Africa’s attacks on its neighbours. On this website you can find out how hundreds of thousands of people all over Britain took part in anti-apartheid activities. You can watch demonstrations and concerts, and hear from some of those involved.