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Word: amandhla (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1976-1976
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Some witnesses claimed that police had provoked the conflict. A black reporter for the Johannesburg Star saw a police officer pick up a stone and hurl it into the crowd. Then, he said, "some students began picking up stones. Shouting 'Amandhla [power],' they moved haltingly toward the police. A black police sergeant was explaining to a group of parents that there would be no trouble, that the children weren't fighting, when an officer opened fire...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SOUTH AFRICA: The Soweto Uprising: A Soul-Cry of Rage | 6/28/1976 | See Source »

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