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World Service,12 Dec 2013,9 mins

The Soweto Uprising

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In June 1976 South African police opened fire on schoolchildren protesting against having to learn Afrikaans at school. Hear from Bongi Mkhabela who was a schoolgirl organiser on that march - about the violence and the resistance that followed. Photo: BBC/Clarity Films/Peter Magubane

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