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Hector Pieterson
Hector Pieterson (19 August 1963 - 16 June 1976) was a BlackSouth Africanactivist. He was shot and killed by police firing directly at him.
Soweto riots hector pietersen biography
[1] He protested against laws requiring the Afrikaans and English language to be taught in majority-Black primary and secondary schools together with other Black students. [2]
He, and other Black students, were reminded of their Dutchcolonial oppressors by Afrikaans.
Besides, they wanted to learn Xhosa and Zulu like other Black children. [3]
His death was recorded by photographer Sam Nzima on 16 June 1976. This image was flashed worldwide and represented the resistance against apartheid.
16 June is now commemorated as Youth Day in South Africa.
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Early life
[change | change source]Hector Pieterson was born on 19 August 1963 in Soweto, South Africa to Vivian Pieterson and Dorothy Molefi. He was the only boy in the family.
He had one sister, Lulu Pieterson, and four stepsisters,