South Africa
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Albie Sachs on Building a Constitution in South AfricaAlbie Sachs, a white activist who opposed apartheid and was exiled from South Africa for 23 years, now serves as a judge on South Africa's Constitutional Court. While in exile, Sachs survived an assasination attempt. | Video Clip | 06/04/2009 - 15:15 |
Apartheid | Page | 06/15/2009 - 12:12 |
Dullah Omar Discusses the Reconciliation Process in South AfricaThe late Dullah Omar was the minister of transport for the African National Congress (ANC). He was a member of the ANC's National Executive and Working Committees, and in 1994 was elected to Parliament, serving as the minister of justice from 1994 to 1999. | Video Clip | 06/08/2009 - 13:12 |
Dullah Omar on the TRC and the Generosity of South AfricansThe late Dullah Omar was the minister of transport for the African National Congress (ANC) since 1999. He was a member of the ANC's National Executive and Working Committees, and in 1994 was elected to Parliament, serving as the minister of justice from 1994 to 1999. | Video Clip | 06/08/2009 - 13:23 |
Facing History and Facing the Past in EdutopiaEdutopia writes about how Facing the Past, a Facing History partner in South Africa, impacts the classroom by using Nazi Germany and South Africa's apartheid history as case studies. The New History: Teachers Learn to Face South Africa's Past Read more about our work in South Africa | News | 05/29/2008 - 23:23 |
Margaret Burnham on Truth CommissionsNortheastern University School of Law professor Margaret Burnham was asked by South African President Nelson Mandela to serve on an international commission that investigated human rights violations committed by the African National Congress. | Video Clip | 06/09/2009 - 13:54 |
Margot Stern Strom Teaching Award 2009 International RecipientsThe following is a list of the Margot Stern Strom Teaching Award 2009 Recipients from around the world. These educators each creatively incorporated Facing History resources and philosophies into their individual projects. | News | 03/20/2009 - 16:45 |
Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela on an Invaluable Result of the TRCPumla Gobodo-Madikizela is a psychologist and author from South Africa. In 1991, after teaching for 7 years in the department of psychology at the University of Transkei, Gobodo-Madikizela started the first Children's Rights movement in the former Transkei, where she was appointed chair of the first UNICEF-sponsored situation analysis on the state of children in South Africa. | Video Clip | 06/10/2009 - 09:37 |
Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela on Language and Truth TellingPumla Gobodo-Madikizela is a psychologist and author from South Africa. In 1996, South African President Nelson Mandela appointed Gobodo-Madikizela to the Human Rights Violations Committee of the TRC, on which she served until the Commission completed its inquiry in 1998. | Video Clip | 06/10/2009 - 09:40 |
Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela on the Challenges for a New South AfricaPumla Gobodo-Madikizela is a psychologist and author from South Africa. In 1996, South African President Nelson Mandela appointed Gobodo-Madikizela to the Human Rights Violations Committee of the TRC, on which she served until the Commission completed its inquiry in 1998. | Video Clip | 06/10/2009 - 09:44 |
