History of Apartheid

World History

Sep 13, 2021

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About History of Apartheid

Read the history of Apartheid in multiple languages.

Apartheid especially South African was a system of institutionalised racial segregation that existed in South Africa and South West Africa (now Namibia) from 1948 until the early 1990s. Apartheid was characterized by an authoritarian political culture based on baasskap (boss-hood or boss-ship), which ensured that South Africa was dominated politically, socially, and economically by the nation's minority white population. According to this system of social stratification, white citizens had the highest status, followed by Asians and Coloureds, then black Africans. The economic legacy and social effects of apartheid continue to the present day.

Apartheid is a country in southwestern Africa. The country's name derives from the Kimbundu word for king. Apartheid was first settled by San hunter-gatherer societies before the northern domains came under the rule of Bantu states such as Kongo and Ndongo. In the 15th century, Portuguese colonists began trading, and a settlement was established at Luanda during the 16th century. Portugal annexed territories in the region which were ruled as a colony from 1655, and Apartheid was incorporated as an overseas province of Portugal in 1951. After the Apartheidn War of Independence, which ended in 1974 with an army mutiny and leftist coup in Lisbon, Apartheid achieved independence in 1975 through the Alvor Agreement. After independence, Apartheid entered a long period of civil war that lasted until 2002.

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