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By Clinton Schooler

A system of legal racism and segregation that was enforced in South Africa between 1948 and 1994

The majority of South Africa consisted of non-whites, while whites as the minority reserved this power to segregate those of color

The act of apartheid sparked many times of resistance inside South Africa

Nelson Mandela was a major advocate and driving force towards ending the apartheid

Mandela’s inauguration to the presidential position of South Africa in 1994 marked the beginning of the end of apartheid

Although it has been abolished, apartheid has shaped the way society looks and acts today in South Africa

The term Satyagraha refers to an act of nonviolent resistance that was developed Mohandas Gandhi to fight the injustices of colonization

The word stems from two Sanskrit words Satya – meaning truth Agraha – meaning insistence

This form of resistance influenced two major civil rights activists in the last century; Martin Luther King Jr. and Nelson Mandela

A person who acts in this form of nonviolent resistance is called a satyagrahi

Gandhi’s most famous acts of satyagraha were his hunger strikes

The African National congress is commonly abbreviated as ANC

Along with the support of a tripartite alliance with the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) and the South African Communist Part (SACP) the ANC has been the governing left-wing party in South Africa since the establishment of non-racial democracy in April 1994

The group defines itself as the “disciplined force of the left”

The ANC has been the ruling party of the South African government since the end of Apartheid

Nelson Mandela was a part of the ANC in his time of inaguration

The Dandi Salt March in 1930 was a 240 mile walk that was led by Mohandas Gandhi in response to an unfair tax imposed on salt in India

It was the most organized and effective challenge on British authority in the colonized India

The purpose of the march was to produce salt from the sea without the tax Once Gandhi began producing his own salt he was arrested and cause much

unrest in the nation of India Over 80,000 Indians were arrested as a result of the Salt Satyagraha This march is equated with triggering the wider civil disobedience movement in

India

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