Thinantsha — We Are the Youth

In our online class for kids we don’t shy away from Apartheid, though we know explaining such a stain on human history to kids can be tricky. We do emphasize the resolve of South Africans, and their victories. For example, South African exiles living in Tanzania recorded “Thinantsha (We Are the Youth),” an anti-Apartheid song in the 1960s to mark their defiance of the Afrikaner government and their determination to succeed in their struggle for equality. The anti-Apartheid forces certainly proved their persistence; Apartheid did not end until the early 1990s.