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How did Apartheid happen, and how did it finally end? - Thula Simpson

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For 46 years, South Africans lived under Apartheid, a strict policy of segregation that barred the country’s Black majority from skilled, high-paying jobs, quality education, voting, and much more. So, how did these laws come to be? And how did this era of institutionalized discrimination finally come to an end? Thula Simpson explores how colonization led to the national trauma of Apartheid.

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Meet The Creators

Educator
Thula Simpson
Director
Aya Marzouk
Animation Studio
Giraffics
Narrator
Safia Elhillo
Storyboard Artist
Salah Hassan
Animatic by
Aya Quandeel, Loay Ashraf, Alia Wahby, Nermeen Azab, Hussein Medhat, Mohamed Gabal
Animation Supervisor
Aya Quandeel
Animator
Ahmed Halaby, Hussein Medhat, Loay Ashraf, Nermeen Azab, Maged ElMoghazy, Khaled Mosbah
Compositor
Hussein Medhat
Giraffics Producer
Habiba El Khashab
Art Director
Aya Marzouk
Character Designer
Amr ElAttar
Illustrator
Assem Essam, Gehan Mounir, Sandra Mouneer, Amr ElSawy
Composer
Salil Bhayani, cAMP Studio
Sound Designer
Amanda P.H. Bennett, cAMP Studio
vocals
Luyolo Lenga
Instruments played by Luyolo Lenga
Uhadi (Calabash bow), Umrhubhe (Mouth bow) , Isitolotolo (Jaw harp) , Masengwane (Friction drum)
Produced by
Gerta Xhelo, Abdallah Ewis
Editorial Director
Alex Rosenthal
Editorial Producer
Dan Kwartler
Script Editor
Stephanie Honchell Smith
Fact-Checker
Charles Wallace

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