apartheid

Presents an anthology in graphic novel format, celebrating pivotal human rights court cases in South Africa's pre-apartheid years, and the unsung heroes who sacrificed everything to ensure a better future for all.

Chronicles the successes as well as the infighting that occurred within the soccer league that formed inside the brutal prison on Robben Island, off the coast of South Africa, during apartheid.

"Life under Apartheid has created a secure future for Robin Conrad, a ten-year-old white girl living with her parents in 1970s Johannesburg. In the same nation but worlds apart, Beauty Mbali, a Xhosa woman in a rural village in the Bantu homeland of the Transkei, struggles to raise her children alone after her husband's death... Until the Soweto Uprising, in which a protest by black students ignites racial conflict, alters the fault lines on which their society is built, and shatters their worlds when Robin's parents are left dead and Beauty's daughter goes missing. After Robin is sent to live with her loving but irresponsible aunt, Beauty is hired to care for Robin while continuing the search for her daughter..."--Provided by publisher.

A biography of Nelson Mandela, that discusses his childhood, education, involvement with the African National Congress, years spent as a political prisoner, and his rise to president of South Africa.

Examines the issue of national identity from a variety of international perspectives.

On June 16, 1976, Hector Pieterson, an ordinary boy, lost his life after getting caught up in what was supposed to be a peaceful protest. Black South African students were marching against a new law requiring that they be taught half of their subjects in Afrikaans, the language of the White government. The story's events unfold from the perspectives of Hector, his sister, and the photographer who captured their photo in the chaos. This book can serve as a pertinent tool for adults discussing global history and race relations with children. Its graphic novel style and mixed media art portray the vibrancy and grit of Hector's daily life and untimely death. Heartbreaking yet relevant, this powerful story gives voice to an ordinary boy and sheds light on events that helped lead to the end of apartheid.

In apartheid-era South Africa, a teacher inspires the students of a poor school in Soweto to resist the repressive government policies.

Thirteen-year-old Kim learns the truth about her father and her mother's homeland after visiting South Africa, where she meets relatives and other children her age and witnesses the Truth and Reconciliation Hearings.