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Young people learned about grassroots organising and self-education from each other in the 1980s in South Africa

The generation of 1976, which shook the word with its grassroots education and mobilisation, has grown up. This generation’s mass movements can learn from its elders

Young activists: a thin chapter in the history curriculum By Catherine Sofianos on 8 March 2021 “But Ma’am, we’ve done it so many times before,” – so goes the annual refrain from the chorus of learners – when first confronted with the prospect of learning about apartheid as they reach the second half of Grade 9 in many history classrooms countrywide. It happened, yes, of course it did, but now it’s in the past. We’re united now, with our multilingual anthem and colourful nationa...

Troubling Power: Michael Scott and the Herero mission to the UN