The Special Collections Book of the Week this week is:

Human Rights Day 21 March by Sahm Venter

Part of the Exploring Our National Days series, ‘Human Rights’ remembers the events of 21 March 1960. On this day police shot at a group of people protesting against having to carry passbooks. Sixty-nine people were killed. It became known as the Sharpeville Massacre, after the town of Sharpeville where it happened. This book explains what human rights are and the importance of 21 March in the history of South Africa. The events of that day changed South Africa’s future, helping it to become the democracy that it is today.

Access: https://univofpretoria.on.worldcat.org/oclc/145463970

This book is available at Special Collections, housed on level 5 of the Merensky 2 Library, and is part of our Africana (ZA) Collection.

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