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Apartheid and South Africa’s language policies

In-Depth Analysis By Francesco Rossi on January 29, 2021 | Reading time 11 min

This in-depth study analyzes the South African Apartheid’s historical and socio-linguistic dimension. The segregation operated by Apartheid followed the path of a dictatorial system, while language control allowed the segregationist regime to exclude people of colour from the country political and economic life. This is well-reported within the framework of the educational policies and the deliberately racist media propaganda operated at the time.