Apartheid

Websites for Apartheid

African Activist Archive
The African Activist Archive is preserving and making available online the records of activism in the United States to support the struggles of African peoples against colonialism, apartheid, and social injustice from the 1950s through the 1990s.
Apartheid - History.com
South African history online
Timeline of South African history
South Africa - Overcoming Apartheid, Building Democracy
This educational website provides primary source materials, newly-written narrative, and curriculum ideas for teaching high school and undergraduate students about the many generations who struggled to end apartheid and build democracy in South Africa.
Colonialism and Segregation: The Origins of Apartheid
This pages is part of the South Africa- Overcoming Apartheid Building Democracy website. It focuses on the background and historical events that built up to Apartheid.
Apartheid 101 An overview of Apartheid in South Africa, introduced in 1948
Understanding Apartheid Learner's Book
Look at Chapter 1: The origins of apartheid.
Racism and apartheid

Books

Here are some of the books in the Library collection on the Apartheid. Find more by searching the catalogue (link below).

Library catalogue (Oliver)
Use the Library catalogue to search for books and other resources. Find out more on the Read page.

Print books

Mandela : the authorised portrait by Mike Nicol
Call Number: 923 MAN
ISBN: 1741248930
Publication Date: 2006

eBooks

The End of Apartheid in South Africa by Liz Sonneborn
ISBN: 9781438131313
Publication Date: 2010
Encyclopedia of Race and Racism by Patrick L. Mason
ISBN: 9780028661957
Publication Date: 2013-
Use the Index to find your search terms

Important information

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Effective Citing and Referencing
For IB students
In-text referencing

Academic Referencing Tool
Provided by La Trobe University, this is an interactive tool that steps you through to information and examples for specific resource types.

History Today and Christian History - back issues

We subscribe to the hard copy of these wonderful journals. Check the Oliver catalogue to find the issue you want.

Search History Today's own website for references to articles. When you log into History Today using the login details on our Canvas page you can access the full article straight away.

Databases

Keywords to use:

Apartheid
South Africa
Nelson Mandela
Albert Luthuli (or Lutuli)
African National Congress (ANC)
South African Communist Party (SACP)
MK
Spear of the Nation
Umkhonto we Sizwe

Libraries ACT eResources
The ACT Library Service provides a wide range of online databases. Use your ACT Library membership to search via their website.
JSTOR
JSTOR is available for free through the National Library. Use your membership details to log in, or speak to CGGS Library staff.

The following links take you to databases we subscribe to. Some may need a login and password. These can be found on our Canvas page.

Gale Academic OneFile This link opens in a new window
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Gale eBooks This link opens in a new window
A broad collection of non-fiction titles, supporting all subject areas. These non-fiction titles have varied reading levels and are useful for students from Years 7 to 12.
Gale in Context: World History This link opens in a new window
From the Ancient World to today's headlines, World History provides primary sources, reliable reference, and multi-media content. This database is useful when looking for a historical understanding of a topic and in History subjects.
Gale in Context: High School This link opens in a new window
Information resources for assignments, projects, and presentations across all subject areas. An excellent resource to start your search for information for Years 7-12.
Modern World History This link opens in a new window
Search using keywords
Directory of Open Access Journals This link opens in a new window
DOAJ is a community-curated online directory that indexes and provides access to high quality, open access, peer-reviewed journals.