THE SOWETO UPRISING, a Jacana pocket history

165pp., illus., paperback, Reprint, Johannesburg, (2014) 2021

Introduction to the June 1976 Soweto student uprising, led by black school children protesting the introduction of Afrikaans as the medium of instruction in schools.

Noor Nieftagodien holds the NRF Chair on 'Local Histories, Present Realities' at the University of the Witwatersrand and is head of the History Workshop. His recent books include histories of Alexandra and Ekurhuleni (co-authored with Phil Bonner) and of Orlando West.