Category : International

Pan-Africanist Congress of Azania (PAC), also called (1959–64) Pan-Africanist Congress, South African organization and later political party pursuing “Africanist” policies in South Africa (which they...

Sharpeville massacre, (March 21, 1960), incident in the black township of Sharpeville, near Vereeniging, South Africa, in which police fired on a crowd of blacks,...

Zulu, a nation of Nguni-speaking people in KwaZulu-Natal province, South Africa. They are a branch of the southern Bantu and have close ethnic, linguistic, and...

Soweto, urban complex in Gauteng province, South Africa. Originally set aside by the South African white government for residence by blacks, it adjoins the city...

Winnie Madikizela-Mandela was a South African anti-apartheid activist and politician who played a significant role in the struggle against the racist regime that governed the...

Nelson Mandela, in full Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela, byname Madiba, (born July 18, 1918, Mvezo, South Africa—died December 5, 2013, Johannesburg), black nationalist and the first...

Tembu, also spelled Thembu, Bantu-speaking people who inhabit the upper reaches of the Mzimvubu River in Eastern province, South Africa. The Tembu speak a dialect...

African National Congress (ANC), South African political party, and black nationalist organization. Founded in 1912 as the South African Native National Congress, it had as...

Oliver Tambo, (born October 27, 1917, Bizana, Pondoland district, Transkei [now in Eastern Cape], South Africa—died April 24, 1993, Johannesburg), president of the South African...

Gorée Island, located two miles from the Senegalese capital, Dakar, was a critical trading port for Europeans and played a major role as an entrepot...