apartheid

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Relations between Washington and Pretoria are already at their lowest point since the end of apartheid rule in 1994.

From The Wall Street Journal

Makeba had been made stateless for her opposition to apartheid and after her marriage to Carmichael, who popularised the slogan "black power", her US visa was revoked.

From BBC

His supporters saw him as a pan-Africanist, who supported causes such as the campaign against the racist system of apartheid in South Africa.

From BBC

With a Walsall-born father and Edinburgh-born mother, the Smith brothers had a route into English cricket at a time when South Africa's apartheid regime meant a continued international ban.

From BBC

Frye said this was a legacy of colonialism and apartheid.

From Barron's