apartheid

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He became a prominent advocate for ending apartheid in South Africa, and in the 1990s served as presidential special envoy to Africa for Bill Clinton.

From Barron's • Mar. 6, 2026

South Africa’s nuclear dismantlement during its transition from apartheid to democracy in the early 1990s offers a positive counterexample.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 1, 2026

Over the last three decades, many cities, towns and roads in South Africa have been renamed, replacing them with indigenous ones or calling them after heroes of the struggle against apartheid.

From BBC • Jan. 31, 2026

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her opposition to apartheid and after her marriage to Carmichael, who popularised the slogan "black power", her US visa was revoked.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 • Jan. 9, 2026

My name had been put forward by Archbishop Desmond Tutu from South Africa, one of my father’s greatest heroes because of his fight against apartheid.

From "Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World" by Malala Yousafzai