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Age Gap Grows In South Africa Racial Unrest
An AP report compares older and younger black generations amid Soweto protests where Hector Petersen, 13, was among the first to die. It traces roots of the youth uprisings from colonial rule to the spread of black nationalism in neighboring states and highlights the widening rift with elders who recall life under white rule.
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South Africa
Johannesburg
Hector Petersen
Soweto
Hector
Africa
Senegal
Kenya
Cape of Good Hope
Ethiopia
Liberia
Black Africa
Britain
France
Belgium
Portugal
Spain
Sahara Desert
Angola
Mozambique
Rhodesia
South-West Africa
Namibia
Lisbon
Tsietsi Mashinini
Soweto Students Representative Council