History A-Level
South African Students’ Organisation (SASO)
What South African Students’ Organisation (SASO) means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of South African Students’ Organisation (SASO)
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A separate Black Consciousness student organisation, formed in the late 1960s, that broke from NUSAS and promoted Black Consciousness through literacy campaigns, health clinics and self-help projects.
Topics that use South African Students’ Organisation (SASO)
- Redefining resistance and challenges to National Party power, 1968–83 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
Related terms
- Black Consciousness
- Economic constraints
- Exile and internal resistance
- International solidarity and diplomacy
- Isolation of the apartheid regime
- Leadership and organisation
- Political legitimacy
- Resistance and repression
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