Question

a student uprising in south africa took place in

Answer 1

On June 16, 1976 the Soweto Students Uprising began (Soweto is a neighborhood of Johannesburg). Around 20,000 students went to the streets and made a peaceful protest opposing to Afrikaan as the official language for instruction in schools. The government's responde was violence, killing hundreds of students, as a result, the revolt spread through the whole country and carried on until the following year. These events changed the socio-political landscape in South Africa which main problem was the Apartheid.

Answer 2

The place where a student uprising took place in during the Apartheid era was the town of Soweto.

Why was there a student uprising?

The South African government at the time, was openly racist and engaged in apartheid which was organized segregation.

As a result, students staged an uprising on June 16, 1976 where they embarked on a peaceful protest which was met with force and a lot of them died.

Find out more on the Soweto Uprising at https://brainly.com/question/22910227.

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