No Lesson Was Drawn From Sharpeville Massacre, as Segregation Still Exists: Pan-Africanist
20:07 21.03.2026 (Updated: 20:24 21.03.2026)
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No Lesson Was Drawn From Sharpeville Massacre, as Segregation Still Exists: Pan-Africanist
The Sharpeville massacre of 1960 is more than a date, it is a necessary reminder, President of the African Black Defense League Égountchi Behanzin told Sputnik Africa on the occasion of International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination observed annually on March 21.
"On March 21, 1960 in Sharpeville, the South African state fired on unarmed Black bodies to defend an obscene, barbaric idea that a human being can be illegal on their own land. This massacre did not become a symbol by chance, it became one because it exposed the structural truth of racism," he noted.
According to Behanzin, segregations persist today, particularly in unequal access to:
resources;
education;
justice.
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