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Year of Fire, Year of Ash. The Soweto Revolt: Roots of a Revolution?

Baruch Hirson's seminal 1979 book on the Soweto Uprising.

Submitted by Mike Harman on February 20, 2018

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  • uprisings
  • South Africa
  • Baruch Hirson
  • Soweto Uprising

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