HISTORY AND CIVIC EDUCATION IN THE RAINBOW NATION: Citizenship, Identity, and Xenophobia in the New South Africa

Carol Anne Spreen; Chrissie Monaghan

doi:10.1007/978-94-6300-509-8_9

HISTORY AND CIVIC EDUCATION IN THE RAINBOW NATION: Citizenship, Identity, and Xenophobia in the New South Africa

Carol Anne Spreen, Chrissie Monaghan

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Abstract

In 1966, the United Nations proclaimed March 21 the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination to commemorate the events of March 21, 1960, when South African police opened fire and killed 69 people at a peaceful demonstration against the apartheid “pass laws” in Sharpeville (an apartheid era “African” designated township community).

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	(Re)Constructing Memory
Subtitle of host publication	Textbooks, Identity, Nation, and State
Publisher	Sense Publishers
Pages	199-218
Number of pages	20
ISBN (Electronic)	9789463005098
ISBN (Print)	9789463005081
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-509-8_9
State	Published - Jan 1 2016

Keywords

African National Congress
Citizenship Education
Civic Education
History Textbook
South African Constitution

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General Social Sciences

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