| dc.description.abstract | Zambia's role in the struggle against racism and Apartheid was a moral one which was part of a universal struggle by humanity. Zambia sought peace, justice, and the harmony of humanity. The peace sought is a peace which is wider than the absence of war. It was the peace of "Salaam," "Shalom," and in Southern Africa's languages, it is the peace of "Mutende," “Uhuru.”
It is a peace that deals with harmony and well-being oflife and humankind through and amongst all components: individuals, communities, peoples, nations, and species. Apartheid, legalised in 1948 at the coming to power ofthe National Party in South Africa, was a Crime against Humanity. It worked against the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, made
by the United Nations in 1948. Like the racism inspired slavery and World Wars had cost much, by the time official Apartheid had been dismantled and Nelson Mandela became South Africa's president in 1994, the struggle against Apartheid had cost Zambia, neighbours and humanity much. People all over the world, working as governments and civil society, acted for the integrity of
life and against racial separation. Zambia was the "spearhead", later joined in the "Frontline States" by neighbours and people all over the world, against apartheid. | en |
