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After the people's protest; after the Sharpeville killings; after 20 000 people had been detained; the goverment closed another chapter in our countries history. There was to be no change. Apartheid and baasskap was here to stay. (Photograph by Peter Magubane, Ian Berry, G.R.Naidoo and W. Calder BAHA)

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  • Title: Sharpeville massacre
  • Date: 1960-03-21
  • Location: Sharpeville, Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Subject Keywords: ANC,Drum Magazine,South Africa,South African history,black and white image,horizontal,protests,politics,October,1960,Sharpeville Massacre,Sharpeville,black African people,1960s
  • Original Source: Baileys African History Archive
  • View on Africa Media Online: Use rights

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