Apartheid — Social Studies definition
South Africa’s system of legally structured racial separation and unequal power under particular historical institutions.
Where it is taught
- South Africa: Apartheid, Resistance & Democratic Transition — Global Networks, Rights & Political Transitions, Global History & Geography II: c. 1750 to the Early 21st Century, Grade 10
In use
Apartheid formalized racial separation and unequal power in South Africa after 1948, building on earlier colonial and segregation institutions.
South Africa: Apartheid, Resistance & Democratic Transition