Soweto Uprising: The Story Behind Sam Nzima's Photograph | 100 Photos

Soweto Uprising: The Story Behind Sam Nzima's Photograph | 100 Photos | TIME

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40 years ago, a protest against Afrikaans in the South African town of Soweto was violently put down by police, sparking a growing fight against apartheid with Sam Nzima's photo of Hector Pieterson.
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@GraceMallory-is-awesome 6 жыл бұрын

I have such respect for the journalists who risk their lives and/or their careers for these kinds of photos and stories. They help better our world

@CreoleLadyBug 5 жыл бұрын

+Grace Mallory - Great comment. Just think today even with pictures it’s called fake news in America.

@SimplySego 7 жыл бұрын

As a South African living in Soweto, and my parents being part of the uprising, this is very saddening.

@shadowclaw5373 4 жыл бұрын

Vele

@patrickmasha9163 3 жыл бұрын

Yes my grandma and grandpa were both there unfortunately my grandpa was shot so my grandma used tell a lot of stories

@Uhhlaneuh 3 жыл бұрын

Do they teach this in school?

@knockhello2604 3 жыл бұрын

Go dig them up

@thabisokhumalo6516 3 жыл бұрын

@@Uhhlaneuh Yess. They do

@phiris101 3 жыл бұрын

The man who took that one picture that changed SA....the picture that is currently in a museum....he deserves to be funded by the Gov for his sacrifice and contribution

@unathihlongwana9655 3 жыл бұрын

Sam Nzima. He sadly passed on in 2018

@phiris101 3 жыл бұрын

@@unathihlongwana9655 that's a shame But he really helped SA in its fight against Apartheid

@Nikilita Жыл бұрын

Wow. This made cry ,we as black people we had come a long way yet we still have long way to go😩❤️❤️. I'm very proud to be Black. Therefore we all deserve equality and freedom.

@Nikilita Жыл бұрын

Me*

@vetoland92 6 жыл бұрын

RIP Sam Nzima and Hector Pieterson

@hayaglamazonluxe 5 жыл бұрын

Indeed RIP Sam Nzima

@akdlg9sjjslk8 7 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for this video. I remember learning a bit of South Africa's apartheid when I was in high school, but it was only from textbook information. Seeing people who actually had first hand experience in this event is definitely eye-opening.

@hxtraveller8295 6 жыл бұрын

Lessa Robinson you must visit and see the museums and other places of interests

@clementgavi7290 6 жыл бұрын

It opens eyes of sensitive souls. It means nothing to people inhabited by evil. In this Africa many have pictures of attrocities perpetrated by dictators and their supporters. We Togolese of West Africa have painful pictures of the killing of people at Fréau Jardin, of a lake called Lagune de Be, the assassination of Tavio Amorin, the killing of Marc Attidépé, etc, etc. Apartheid regime may have ended, but apartheid as philosophy, as believe continued unfortunately. The supporters of Apartheid regime in Africa are the supporters of dictators in Africa.

@Y21lizz 6 жыл бұрын

Lessa Robinson omg chanyeol 😍😍😍

@knockhello2604 3 жыл бұрын

They're dead now

@morongoamaponya4279 5 жыл бұрын

And we are told to get over it and move on with life, these were our parents and grandparents and what happened to them follows us whether we want to or not

@KiRetteCouture 4 жыл бұрын

You shouldn't forget and move on. It's impossible. Until a genuine reconciliation happens, these ghosts will remain.

@tokkieandrews9988 Жыл бұрын

It's a pity they won't be able to find the documentary "Tainted Heroes " it's been taken off you tube and it was to see how the present government caused people in townships and the Quattro death camps to loose their lives ,according to Tainted Heroes 22thousand black people lost their lives ,and until now no one has faced the law ,they still walk the earth .

@gabbygabs5766 7 ай бұрын

Well then you must ensure the people never vote for a white government, because the rise of white supremacist in SA is all over Africa.

@LuomamaTed 5 жыл бұрын

We use to sing that song nkosi sikelel iafrika in school around mid 80’s and early 90’s in Kenya. We were update on what was happening in SA

@eaqua56 4 жыл бұрын

My dad who grew up in Nigeria in the ‘50s and ‘60s said they also learned that song in school.

@iolanisjourney4828 5 жыл бұрын

So crazy how the police shot innocent children all for the sake of control. Grateful for brave people in this world who stand up to such atrocities. 💔

@mateblack4722 2 жыл бұрын

Stupid hypocrites shut up

@ericakodjoe 7 жыл бұрын

very insightful documentary.

@zoee2622 3 жыл бұрын

As a young black South African , I am proud of my black history and their bravery ✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿 Enjoy your Youth Day and learn more about it today and every other day .❤️

@luvvvDkk 2 жыл бұрын

it's actually youth Day today 2022

@dianakhumalo6905 3 жыл бұрын

All this trauma is hard to let go of. It's something inexplicable how events from 40 years ago that you didn't even live through can make you feel something.

@princess4509 6 жыл бұрын

This needs more views

@generalsifr2995 6 жыл бұрын

That part of the Youth not understanding the freedom is really painful but reality

@19homeideas 5 жыл бұрын

Wherever you are we are with you hector

@knockhello2604 3 жыл бұрын

Hector probably dead now

@ZaneleJiane 22 күн бұрын

It’s 2024, this is still heartbreaking. Brings forward raw emotions. I’m grateful to Baba Sam Nzima for his wisdom and dedication to his craft. His picture re-made South Africa.

@monday884 6 жыл бұрын

And now we must just forget, we are told to let it go... What about all these people who died??? How do we forget them and what they were fighting for? The scars are still burning with pain from the legacy of apartheid, that still is very reminiscent today. It's easy for young people of non color to not understand why the youth is the way it is today... These people who went through the pure grotesque nature of that government are our parents and our grandparents. A broken group of people, with anger ranging and still fighting internally, but told to just let it go and accept that you will never have economic freedom.

@rainbownationcomics5948 6 жыл бұрын

Mondeh do not forget remember because to forget the dead is to kill them twiceremember and speak only a racist would tell you to forget your heroes

@rafaelgamax9990 4 жыл бұрын

you learned nothing from Mandela, shame on you

@Lindaaaaaaa2 4 жыл бұрын

Sister it still hurt me.... The reason why they're like this.... There's no forgive and forget.. We can forgive but we can't forget it....

@simbalion84801 4 жыл бұрын

Grow up and move on for the sake of the economy which needs all kinds of people regardless of race

@isaacmpofana5804 4 жыл бұрын

Sport Fantastic at least you can still swallow everything after watching such, well kudos to you big brother, some of us kusema something emqaleni😢💔

@benadamtu2833 Жыл бұрын

Heartfelt sorrow & TREMENDOUS sense of loss - - I feel over this. Not just because it happened . . . . . . but more so because of what WAS NOT then & still IS NOT being done about it.

@Unknown-individual 11 ай бұрын

Thank you to all the unsung heroes who sacrificed themselves for our freedom❤

@joyziegenfelder9117 5 жыл бұрын

Sadly Sam nzima died may 12 2018 rip

@tangakunani4168 5 жыл бұрын

OOH IT GIVES ME MORE PAINS TO KNOW THAT HE I DEAD.. i wih he could be recognized among the heroes of south africa,his pictures changed the mind and attitudes of fighters,ooh may his soul rest in peace.. am patric from Tanzania,eat africa. +255 653 440450

@petermaina2269 5 жыл бұрын

may he RIP

@juliad7748 4 жыл бұрын

The fact that people who were apart of this story are still alive to tell it is really telling.

@annmariebusu9924 5 жыл бұрын

When Mandela came to Jamaica his choir sang this song. I never knew till today it had been banned.

@unathihlongwana9655 3 жыл бұрын

It is now our National Anthem 🇿🇦

@christinad4432 5 жыл бұрын

The song that was once banned is now their national anthem!!! Yes☝️💜✌️💜

@yolandanxesi5463 3 жыл бұрын

The song means God bless Africa 🌍

@leahfletcher7759 4 жыл бұрын

researched this for a school project and it actually made me cry

@brandybroadus1883 6 жыл бұрын

✊✊✊✌️✌️✌️🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤 love from USA

@giftlungu3948 26 күн бұрын

I’ve just listened to the Mockingbird audiobook and I was deeply moved to reminisce about my country 🇿🇦 June 16.

@trinewaldo6079 5 жыл бұрын

You know a woman is strong when she talks about the death of her brother without shedding a tear....

@chanchalupadhyay2777 2 жыл бұрын

I m from india when I am studying today my polity book then I see this story after that I come here hackter was the bold man and his all friends also

@IS_CBR_2763 Ай бұрын

Amazing video. Thank you so much for making this.

@Ghostdiva2 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the upload.

@chinab7693 5 жыл бұрын

I’m bout to be 18 years old and I never heard of this. But I learned about a Jewish girl and a diary

@kennymcnally1576 5 жыл бұрын

Chinaaa Doll both significant stories that should be both shared and valued equally

@urekmazino6800 4 жыл бұрын

A Jewish girl thousands of miles away. Damn shame ain't it they sure dont let us forget there history

@Incognitoblue 4 жыл бұрын

@@kennymcnally1576 it's not a significant story for us Africans. The stories our oppression and massacres of our people are buried in history but we have to learn about the holocaust, to hell with that.

@jnojr740 4 жыл бұрын

You seriously never heard or learned of apartheid? You could do your own research too because you know the US education system is wack asf. There’s no need to put down the Holocaust victims like that

@jnojr740 4 жыл бұрын

Neville Hirschfeld you’re acting as if the Holocaust isn’t even important or beneficial to history. If you truly cared about black history then you would do shit yourself and get educated. I don’t know a single person who doesn’t know about apartheid

@Tajagee123 4 жыл бұрын

This was beautifully conveyed Thankyou all ♥️🙌🏾

@ekahnim 4 жыл бұрын

This is so powerful!!!! thank you for enlightening me.

@ricstlu2806 5 жыл бұрын

Went to Soweto last year. Very moving experience.

@jaymekarina 5 жыл бұрын

When I was really young, I had a South African woman named Marilyn (I think, I can't remember her name) teach us about apartheid, and how it was something her parents and grandparents suffered severely from. I learned so much about tolerance and respect from her, because even as children we could hear and understand the pain not just in her voice, but in her heart for her people the suffered.

@e.c.1975 3 жыл бұрын

Wow this is heartbreaking. Thanks for uploading this to inform people of the horrors that are going on in this world.

@brightonmoyo7539 4 жыл бұрын

MY HEART IS TORN APART

@noxolomapisa918 Жыл бұрын

As a South African citizen and as a Black person,these stories are still hurting.I have watched a video on how Steven Bantubonke Biko died.I have watched the video on how Christopher Hani died.Only one question I have.Did they deserve that torture?Did they deserve that illtreatment from apartheid government police?Why?😢So painful.

@thulanemolefe5118 5 жыл бұрын

we as black nation have come a long way, we deserve to get our land back and everything that belongs to us

@afk3957 4 жыл бұрын

Thulane Molefe South Africa is a rainbow nation. It’s everybody’s land!

@afk3957 4 жыл бұрын

N.majola read what this mans said

@knockhello2604 3 жыл бұрын

None of it belonged to you people, government just changed

@datboi-sc4gu 3 жыл бұрын

Cringe

@bongii_hopeshange9134 3 жыл бұрын

What's the point of having land when people are uneducated.....its not the actual land that is important but how our leaders could use that land to create jobs and schools for everyone......unemployment and people being uneducated is killing this country....and it seems the government does not care

@andriesmaila4566 5 жыл бұрын

My son was born on the 16th of June 2011. And i am sure he will be so joyful to know that he was born on the best day on the south African calender.

@amirjamal180 5 жыл бұрын

I cannot stop my tears ...

@amirjamal180 5 жыл бұрын

that wasn't amir but his Dad me Ahmed Jamal using his computer...

@knockhello2604 3 жыл бұрын

@@amirjamal180 lol

@subhankerrajhans6190 3 жыл бұрын

Love from India Rip bro 🙏 😢

@amandalouw2295 4 жыл бұрын

Sam you made history regardless with one picture

@YONCE8701 6 жыл бұрын

Beautiful✊

@momex1981 7 жыл бұрын

painful moments,.

@brittneyadeck 6 жыл бұрын

I loved the video I have to have a primary source for my nhd (national history day) project, so this helped me a lot.If you can can you tell me where you found the small clips of the uprising.Thxs

@leahfletcher7759 4 жыл бұрын

this is an amazing mini doc

@JMWxx 6 жыл бұрын

Am I the only one that thinks the cop killed the guy that tried to help Hector?

@jiminstinyhands7776 6 жыл бұрын

i think he might've killed himself

@zanelemnguni6014 6 жыл бұрын

+jimin's tiny hands maybe... because of guilt!

@jiminstinyhands7776 6 жыл бұрын

sadly yeah you're probably right :(

@lisankomombini7101 5 жыл бұрын

His name is Mbuyisa Makhubi after the photograph where he carried Hector was published he went to exile in Nigeria then after he went missing

@samanthasmith-hz8ce 3 жыл бұрын

No he ran away to Botswana from there got a letter and ran to Nigeria and we know this because his last letter sent to his mother the location was in Nigeria. There was an investigation and there has been no trace of him ever since.

@drtshepomvulanemoloi9567 3 жыл бұрын

Great primary documentary.

@Rex4sure6425 4 жыл бұрын

This is beautiful and sad

@ilovejendog 4 жыл бұрын

#MbuyisaMakhubu you are Loved, big Brother...wherever you landed.

@user-fg6ul1tj5h 5 ай бұрын

I might not live in Soweto but I have a family on both sides who stays in Soweto and my mother and father prayed for their sides of the family even during their youth ❤❤❤❤

@rodneyrodney1073 7 жыл бұрын

Ishhh it was painful Peterson we always rem u

@QuotesFromTheMotherland 5 жыл бұрын

It's sad that this doccie is just a small depiction of apartheid atrocities. 25 years later, the majority of white South Africans refer to apartheid as "The good old days". Aluta Continua!

@Veko254 10 күн бұрын

I have a profound respect & grace & for South Africans! Living side by side with these demons who viciously drove them to the brink of non existence. The forgiveness …. The understanding…. The will to move on …. Daughters and sons of the soil; receive your flowers 🎉🎉🎉🎉

@rajnidevi7625 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks

@sayitloudblcknproud 5 жыл бұрын

It's so very heartbreaking that the boy who carried the child just disappeared from the face of the earth.

@lulukazhila6309 22 күн бұрын

And he was hunted like a criminal by the heartless apartheid police for committing a crime of being the young man carrying the body of the boy who died because of them. Makes me sad that he had to leave his family behind because of them. No mercy, no compassion on him for what that event did to him. I've always wondered what happened to him & if he ever got a chance to know that he made history. His heroism will never be forgotten.

@celesteleroux9046 7 жыл бұрын

The singing of Nikosi Sikelele (not sure of spelling sorry) In 1973 My school choir same that same song on many occasions and was even part of the songs we presented at a local choir competition. But otherwise a very interesting video.

@gregkeelen8428 5 жыл бұрын

I love this series! Thank you so much.

@celelonx 2 жыл бұрын

very good

@kate4kanini 6 жыл бұрын

so painful. so sad.

@patrickmasha9163 3 жыл бұрын

This is so sad my grandpa died fighting for freedom in this protest and he didn't get to see what South Africa has become

@Nosimp_2000 2 жыл бұрын

The first guy is a legend..

@Zeldarw104 6 жыл бұрын

wow!😔😢

@BrokeNerfing 2 жыл бұрын

4:51 dude ran by the camera and turned back to smile at it 😆

@nikagantz1672 6 жыл бұрын

Hero

@jenn1738 3 жыл бұрын

Africa has suffered so much

@peppermintvalo 5 жыл бұрын

I'm 30 and this is the first I've ever heard of this story. Sad yet interesting at the same time. Shows that this country is no different today than other countries almost 40 or 50 years ago. You'd think we would have learned from an incident like this, evidently not.

@shauni14 2 жыл бұрын

As a white priviliged girl I know I cant understand how much loss and anger the parents, sisters, brothers, grandparents and friends of those fallen heros are feeling. But I can try to understand. It hurts me so much to see what happend in south africa and how brutal these officers were. We have to tell this story. To talk about it. To do everyting so that will never ever happen again. Rest in peace!

@musiqkidchristian 4 жыл бұрын

Peace to the beautiful Black people 🖤✊🏿❤. I love you all. We'll find freedom, very soon.

@datboi-sc4gu 3 жыл бұрын

You have freedom dumbass

@user-fg6ul1tj5h 5 ай бұрын

O Bethuna, mama you will see Hector and your little brother in Heaven with wings and a halo. But while you still alive remember even the black youth of the 21st century, envy's and love you, your brother and Hector just remember that God will always be with you

@Third-Eye123 Жыл бұрын

" Enough is enough".... ❤✨🔥 I feel so sorry for my ignorance, I got to know about Hector Pieterson in this 22th age... a text book give me the information about him and I feel lucky enough. Anyway the video, explanations,confessions, pictures took me to the struggle era for a moment and I am thrilled.. ✨✨✨

@KimlynBailey Жыл бұрын

As a kid whomloves historical things i have to sah sorry to thkse who experience this i wish i was you who experienced it so you not traumatized and im traumatized

@trudytriad4574 5 жыл бұрын

💔

@jessii7642 5 жыл бұрын

And now as young people we are living through the after effects of Apartheid.

@datboi-sc4gu 3 жыл бұрын

Wrong

@youngjudah09ify 3 жыл бұрын

@@datboi-sc4gu go away

@datboi-sc4gu 3 жыл бұрын

@@youngjudah09ify I mean, straight up nothing has changed in most of the world ...it straight up had no effect on anything

@Sumarai21 3 жыл бұрын

@@datboi-sc4gu shut up

@datboi-sc4gu 3 жыл бұрын

@@Sumarai21 what if I didn't 😘

@user-fg6ul1tj5h 4 ай бұрын

I know we have to forgive but it is too painful😢

@nottodaylilbaldhead 5 жыл бұрын

My mom wanted me to be a journalist because I could write.... I was what she considered sweet and kind but I could not do that because I was afraid of where I might have to go or the evils I would see. I never became a journalist 😔

@danielwilson160 3 жыл бұрын

11 days after the Kent State shootings May 15th, 1970 right after midnight state police opened fire, killing two students and injuring twelve at Jackson State University in Jackson, Mississippi. That Friday morning in New York I was ready to enter the school building when I noticed that the rest of the older students were just milling around taking their time going in. Then the security guards came out. I remember “Vinnie” at the top of his lungs hollered “hell no, we won’t go.” We left the school, with the early birds running back out, and continued downtown and urged the rest of the high schools to come march with us. NYPD even gave us a bullhorn. They just said keep it peaceful. At the end of the day we wound up on Eyewitness News with Roger Grimsby in Bryant Park. As I got older I think about how much influence we had on the world as students.

@AP-qq3sz 6 жыл бұрын

so sad to think your job or life is done just for doing the right thing ...so unfair

@maslinechachona7500 4 жыл бұрын

And up to now we are still oppressed in our beautiful Africa and still suffering

@datboi-sc4gu 3 жыл бұрын

Wrong

@celelonx 2 жыл бұрын

yooooooooooooooo. 🥰😙

@bhekimtolo_sa9970 Жыл бұрын

Looking at this comparing to what is happening now, it a shame what happening now !!!

@ElectrostatiCrow 11 ай бұрын

Well we just have a new fight. Against the anc.

@balanceskateboarding8807 3 жыл бұрын

2021

@marycatherinellewellyn2912 4 жыл бұрын

A lesson for today

@siyabongaolifant6785 Жыл бұрын

😭😭😭😭🥺

@brittany1370 5 жыл бұрын

Wow pain doesn’t even scratch the surface

@tokkieandrews9988 Жыл бұрын

That was true ,speaking or taking photos of police or government from the media was against the law which was called " the secrecy bill ,if anyone talking or taking photos were imprisoned ,and most probably arrested for treason ,what the reason was by introducing Afrikaans in black schools ,it is not known ,because English was the preferred language to be spoken next to their own languages in school ,in English schools was the first language and Afrikaans the second language ,but today with the ANC is the same scenario black children is forced to except the English language instead of their own ,and whistle blowers are assassinated to keep them quite over the government

@sigco1019 8 ай бұрын

As a South Africa free 🇵🇸

@ajaysolomon474 5 жыл бұрын

Nkosi sikelel' Afrika Maluphakanyisw' uphondo lwayo, Yizwa imithandazo, yethu, Nkosi sikelela, thina, lusapho lwayo. Morena boloka setjhaba sa heso, O fedise dintwa la matshwenyeh O se boloke (Ntate) O se boloke setjhaba sa heso, Setjhaba sa South Afrika - South Afrika. Uit die blou van onse hemel, Uit die diepte van ons see, Oor ons ewige gebergtes, Waar die kranse antwoord gee, Sounds to call to come together, And united we shall stand, Let us live and strive for freedom, In South Africa our land R.I.P to all those people who fought for our country,you will forever be our hero’s and forever in our hearts

@s7ubud738 3 жыл бұрын

Merci de m'avoir conseiller ce documentaire très instructif , c'était top !

@augustefortin3958 3 жыл бұрын

Tgl

@echcharraqsarah8218 3 жыл бұрын

Tg sam

@s7ubud738 3 жыл бұрын

@@augustefortin3958 mais monsieur pourquoi vous énervée vous ainsi nous somme en France et le droit de parler est libre donc voilà quoi

@augustefortin3958 3 жыл бұрын

@@s7ubud738 👍🏻

@MobThe24 10 ай бұрын

but somehow we must forget all of this and just "move on", the nerve yabelungu

@darciambaye4871 5 жыл бұрын

Don't ever forget

@sephorasaint8984 3 жыл бұрын

Why r we still learning this language in South African schools

@lethugama1639 2 жыл бұрын

exactly🤦‍♀️

@nhswearehereforyou2254 4 жыл бұрын

tout de meme, c'est choquant. encore...

@Azerplumb 3 жыл бұрын

Hurtful 😔

@nikkitarichards2538 2 жыл бұрын

1. What was the cause of the Soweto uprising? 2. What was the results of the Soweto uprising? 3. Whom was the leader of the Soweto uprising?

@wolf_stark 3 жыл бұрын

To honor the memory of the fallen angels on this fateful day, since 1991, June 16th is celebrated as the International Day of the African Child.

@greggonzalez859 3 жыл бұрын

It’s interesting that after Puerto Rico was colonized public school was taught in English while no one could speak it. Interesting to learn of the same language issue.

@Nethanda Жыл бұрын

All the horror in this video and this is the rubbish you decided to type.