Learn from South Africa’s apartheid past in Johannesburg

South Africa has begun to atone for its apartheid history via teaching make several locations. The Apartheid Museum in Johannesburg is a somber yet enlightening place to begin. Exhibits use movies, papers, and images to take you through the history of apartheid. Apartheid in South Africa was one of the most heinous in the country's history, leaving millions of people with traumatic and unforgettable memories. Apartheid's influence, on the other hand, was far from done. Despite making up just 10% of the country's population after the end of apartheid, white South Africans held approximately 90% of the land.

Spoken testimony, movies, and images recount the terrible story of a 13-year-old student who became the first casualty of police fire in 1976 when students protested their Bantu (black) school system at the Hector Pieterson Memorial and Museum in Soweto. Nearby, Nelson Mandela lived in a modest four-room house that is now the Mandela House Museum, displaying family photos and personal belongings and providing insight into the beloved anti-apartheid leader who became South Africa's first democratically elected president after serving 27 years in prison.