In 1976 , Black school children in Soweto protested at being taught in Afrikaans , which had been pushed by the Apartheid authorities concerned at the growing refusal of the Black population to speak it . They reasoned that by only having access to Afrikaner resources the South African government could control them more closely than having access to a global language i.e. English . 176 children died for the right to be taught in English . The Uprising became a turning point in the overthrow of Apartheid years later
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Soweto uprising
Linguistic imperialism