Modern World History: South Africa

A thorough overview of the country of South Africa. Click on the "Table of Contents" to the left of the title, and scroll down to the section, "History", for an in-depth description of indigenous peoples and cultures prior to European colonization beginning in the 1600s.

A good overview article of South Africa's history,with special focus on South Africa's colonization by Europeans.

An in-depth article on the Boer War between the Boers (descendants of Dutch settlers) and the British colonists. The Boer War is also known as the South African War.

A description of the 1966 "Group Areas Act" and its impact.

The full text of speeches, letters and other documents by Nelson Mandela.

A collection of Padraig O'Malley's interviews conducted during and after the Apartheid period, from 1985 to 2005, with South African political figures.

Tis newspaper article includes comments by black South Africans regarding their forced removal and relocation from their homes in the community of District Six.

This collectionof scholarly articles focuses on varied liberation struggles in South Africa.