Sharpeville
South Africa
Sharpeville, South Africa connects to 1061 places across 15 topics through 77 Bunkabop connections, with government and history threads accounting for the bulk of its reach. The 1960 massacre, when police opened fire on a Pan Africanist Congress protest against pass laws, reverberates across connections to Johannesburg, Cape Town, and London. Nelson Mandela signed the South African Constitution in Sharpeville on 10 December 1996, making the township a site of both rupture and resolution in the country's modern history.
The Men They Couldn't Hang
Connects Sharpeville to: Milton Keynes, United Kingdom
South African Constitution
Connects Sharpeville to: Merafong City Local Municipality, South Africa | Joe Slovo, Cape Town
Pan Africanist Congress
Connects Sharpeville to: Kimberley, South Africa | Kannaland Local Municipality, South Africa | Dimbaza
Negotiations to end apartheid in South Africa
Connects Sharpeville to: South Africa | Angola | Namibia
Orange Farm
Connects Sharpeville to: City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality, South Africa | Sebokeng | Evaton
Botswana People's Party
Connects Sharpeville to: South Africa | Botswana | Francistown, Botswana | Bechuanaland Protectorate
Liberal Party of South Africa
Connects Sharpeville to: South Africa | Robben Island | Marquard | Sea Point, South Africa
Michael Steed
Connects Sharpeville to: London, England | United Kingdom | Oxford, England | Cambridge, England | Manchester, England
David Levin (businessman)
Connects Sharpeville to: United Kingdom | Oxford, England | South Africa | Arizona | Harare, Zimbabwe
Berhanu Zerihun
Connects Sharpeville to: Ethiopia | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | Gondar, Ethiopia | Mersa, Ethiopia | Zemen
David Mercer (playwright)
Connects Sharpeville to: London, England | Paris, France | Berlin, Germany | Israel | Newcastle, Australia
Frene Ginwala
Connects Sharpeville to: Japan | Oxford, England | South Africa | Johannesburg, South Africa | Tanzania