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South Africa History Index
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Source: The Library of Congress Country Studies

• History Introduction
• Historical Setting
  • Southern African Societies to ca. 1600
    * The Earliest South Africans
    * The Arrival of Bantu-Speaking Africans
  • Early European Settlement
    * Origins of Settlement
    * Establishing a Slave Economy
    * Emergence of a Settler Society
  • The Rise of African States
    * Background to the Mfecane
    * Shaka and the Rise of the Zulu State
    * Swazi, Sotho, and Ndebele States
  • The Expansion of European Settlement
    * British Colonialism
    * The Great Trek
    * The Voortrekker Republics and British Policies
  • Industrialization and Imperialism, 1870-1910
    * The Mineral Revolution
    * Africans and Industrialization
    * African Enterprise
    * Extending European Control
    * African Initiatives
    * British Imperialism and the Afrikaners
    * Minerals and the Growth of Boer-British Antipathy
    * The South African War
    * Milner's Peace
    * Formation of the Union of South Africa, 1910
  • Segregation, 1910-48
    * Building the Legal Structure of Racial Discrimination
    * Formation of the African National Congress, 1912
    * World War I and Afrikaner Nationalism
    * Conflict in the 1920s
    * The Great Depression and the 1930s
    * The Impact of World War II
    * The 1948 Election
  • Apartheid, 1948-76
    * The Legislative Implementation of Apartheid
    * Separating Black from White
    * Separate and Unequal
    * Security Legislation
    * White Politics
    * Black Resistance in the 1950s
    * The Congress Youth League and the Programme of Action
    * The Congress of the People and the Freedom Charter
    * The Pan-Africanist Congress and Sharpeville
    * Consolidating Apartheid in the 1960s
    * The ANC and the PAC Turn to Violence
    * Consolidating Apartheid
    * The Rise of Black Consciousness
    * Steve Biko and the South African Students' Organisation
    * Soweto, 1976
  • Government in Crisis, 1978-89
    * The Contradictions of Apartheid
    * Divisions in the White Community
    * Limited Reforms
  • Dismantling Apartheid, 1990-94
    * The Quest for Peace
    * "Irreversible Progress" Toward Democracy
    * Preparing for Elections

NOTE: The information regarding South Africa on this page is re-published from The Library of Congress Country Studies. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of South Africa History information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about South Africa History should be addressed to the Library of Congress.