Describes how the anti-apartheid movement and Nelson Mandela, an international symbol of resistance to oppression, led the global effort in the 20th century to dismatle South Africa's racist government. Looks at the colongial history of South Africa and the soical, poltical and economic effects of apartheid. Discusses how Mandela and the African National Congress worked to elimated aparteid and create a deomocratic society.

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