Apartheid, «ah PAHRT hayt or ah PAHRT hyt», was, from 1948 until 1991, the South African government's policy of rigid racial segregation. The word apartheid means separateness in Afrikaans, one of South Africa's official languages.
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Pettigrew, Thomas F. "Apartheid." World Book Student. World Book, 2014. Web. 27 Oct. 2014.