Step 1 : Introduction to the question " In which country did the Soweto uprising occur? "
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The Soweto uprising was a series of demonstrations and protests led by black school children in South Africa under apartheid that began on the morning of 16 June 1976.
Students from various schools began to protest in the streets of Soweto in response to the launch of Afrikaans as the medium of instruction in black schools. It is estimated that 20,000 students took part in the protests. They were met with fierce police brutality and many were shot and killed. The number of pupils killed in the uprising is usually estimated as 176, but some sources estimate as many as 700 fatalities.
Black South African high school students in Soweto protested the Afrikaans Medium Decree of 1974, which forced all black schools to use Afrikaans and English in equal terms as languages of teaching. The 1974 decree was intended to force the reverse of the decline of Afrikaans among black Africans. The Afrikaner-dominated government used the clause of the 1909 Union of South Africa Act that recognised only English and Dutch, the latter being replaced by Afrikaans in 1925, as official languages as its pretext. All schools had to provide instruction in both Afrikaans and English as languages.
It was a key moment in the fight against apartheid as it sparked more renewed opposition against apartheid in South Africa both domestically and internationally. In remembrance of these events, 16 June is now a public holiday in South Africa, named Youth Day.
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Step 2 : Answer to the question " In which country did the Soweto uprising occur? "
Ethiopia:
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