S2 E6: Sharpeville: the Massacre that gave birth to Nelson, before Mandela
We are landing here in Sharpeville on a bad day, one of those days when it's not so good to be black around here. So, I advise all black-skinned people on board, to check their Pass, these identity documents, these kinds of passports used within the South African territory, which are imposed by the apartheid regime, to limit and control the movements of black people. On this day of March 21, 1960, there is a demonstration against the Pass system, an event that got brutally repressed by the police.
Get ready for a dive into the absurdity and violence of this brutal, racist and yet supported or at least tolerated for a long time by many foreign powers in the name of their economic interests.
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