Stories from the UN Archive: Artists against Apartheid

Stories from the UN Archive: Artists against Apartheid

On 16 June 1976 in Soweto, South Africa, thousands of children marched to protest the poor quality of their education and the imposition of Afrikaans as a medium of instruction. The South African police, at that time under the control of the apartheid regime, shot and killed hundreds of boys and girls. On the 50th anniversary of this massacre, a look back at the Artists against Apartheid concert. #soweto #childrens #childrensrights #AfricanChild