Apartheid
-segregation between the white and black race
-system of government from 1948 to 1990 -laws made to separate white people from black people Consequences: -countries boycotted South Africa -film and pop stars refused to perform in South Africa -South Africa was absent from international sport events Nelson Mandela: -most important Antiapartheid leader -first black leader in a segregated area Problems: -racial and economic disparity, wars, HIV and AIDS Suppression of Communism Act of 1950: -banned communism party in South Africa |