south africa

Offers a brief introduction to the life of political activist and Nobel Prize-winning statesman Nelson Mandela.

"Master Harold, " or Hally, learns that his alcoholic father is to be released from the hospital and struggles with his emotions during a confrontation with the two black men who help in the family's restaurant in 1950s South Africa.

Provides an overview of the history of South Africa, including the three hundred years of colonial occupation by the Dutch and British, the establishment of settlers domination over non-whites, institutionalized slavery, and, later, apartheid, and includes information on F.W. de Klerk and Nelson Mandela's efforts to reform its political system and reconfigure arbitrary borders.

Contains essays that provide a broad picture of the political and social factors that influenced the end of apartheid in South Africa; features brief biographies of key individuals related to apartheid; and includes a chronology, and a selection of relevant historical documents.

Text and illustrations presents a biography of the former South African president best known for his political activism and fight to end apartheid.

Examines the history of Apartheid in South Africa, its roots in the seventeenth century, harsh segregation laws during the twentieth century, and its ultimate demise.