The apartheid regime in South Africa began in 1948 and lasted until 1994. It involved a system of institutionalized racial segregation, violence, terror, and white supremacy, and placed all political
South African singer Miriam Makeba popularised a number of songs that protested apartheid.
Singer Dorothy Masuka (pictured here in 2015), who wrote "uDr. Malan Unomthetho Onzima" (Dr. Malan's Government is Harsh)
A painting of the Sharpeville Massacre of March 1960
Jazz pianist Abdullah Ibrahim (pictured here in 2011) composed "Mannenberg", an instrumental piece that invoked themes of freedom and cultural identity.