For forty years, South Africa's white supremacist apartheid system segregated people by race. The country's anti-racist liberation struggle catalyzed solidarity movements around the world, the legacies of which inform contemporary anti-imperialist and anti-racist struggles. This course examines South Africa's apartheid and post-apartheid history giving special attention to the contributions cultural workers made to the liberation struggle and the development of the country's post-apartheid inclusive democracy. We will learn about South Africa's vibrant and engaged art movements such as the use of poetry and music to foster political consciousness and energize the anti-apartheid struggle, and the development of theater workshops that supported people traumatized by racist violence in ways the country's official post-apartheid Truth and Reconciliation Commission did not. As our knowledge of South Africa deepens, we will consider how this history troubles and challenges oppressive systems today and continues to inspire artists and other cultural workers to call out and mobilize against injustice.