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District Six and Forced Removals in Cape Town

An account of District Six, its destruction under the Group Areas Act, and its enduring place in the memory of apartheid forced removals.

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Robben Island: Prison, Exile, and National Memory

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The 1994 Democratic Election in South Africa

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The Mineral Revolution: Diamonds, Gold, and Industrialization in South Africa

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