Literary Center » Resistance against apartheid began in youth
(On June 16, 1976, the youth of Soweto, Johannesburg’s overwhelmingly black township, rose up to protest a new rule making Afrikaans the language of instruction in their schools—a language most people did not know well. They were led by Tsitsi Mashinini, a charismatic high schooler. The nationwide outburst Tsitsi made that day would change South