Similar titles to All Rise: Resistance and Rebellion in South Africa

All Rise: Resistance and Rebellion in South Africa

Six true stories of resistance by marginalized South Africans against the country’s colonial government in the years leading up to Apartheid. From immigrants and miners to tram workers and washerwomen, these ordinary, working-class women and men defied a nation and defended the disempowered. A graphic history written six parts, each illustrated by a different South African artist.

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Friendship Leading Ladies Military Murder Political 1500 CE until 1990 CE
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