apartheid

Provides basic historical information on the end of apartheid in modern world history. Provides controversies surrounding the event, plus provides first-person narratives from people who lived through or who were impacted by apartheid. Full-color photograhphs, maps, and graphs.

Gives background data and historical information on the issues of apartheid in South Africa.

Seven stories, spanning the time period from 1948 to 2000, chronicle the experiences of young people from different races and ethnic groups as they try to cope with the restrictions placed on their lives by South Africa's apartheid laws.

Examines the history of South Africa, the forces that led to the development of the system of apartheid, and the dedicated efforts of the many people whose sacrifices led to the eventual downfall of this iniquitous system.

Provides a look at the South African way of life and racial policy.

A boy in South Africa during World War II, Peekay turns to two men, one black and one white, to show him how to find the courage to dream, to succeed, to triumph over a world when all seems lost.

In Johannesburg, South Africa, in the late 1960s, twelve-year-old Emily, who longs for affection from her quarreling parents, finds comfort in the stories of a Zulu servant and in her friendship with a young houseguest who has an equally troubled family.

The author's grandmother, mother, and sister tell of their lives under apartheid in South Africa and their struggles to cope with abuse, gambling, drunkenness, and infidelity from the men they love who consider them nothing more than property.