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  Introduction During South Africa’s brutal apartheid era, education became both a weapon and a battlefield. The apartheid regime enforced a policy known as  Bantu Education , designed not to uplift but to suppress Black South Africans. It aimed to restrict Black learners to basic literacy and vocational training—just enough to serve white interests but never enough to compete or lead. In such an environment, the very act of teaching Black children to think freely and dream beyond limitations became a revolutionary act. Among the many quiet resistances that sprung up across South Africa,  Wilberforce Institute , a mission school in Evaton, Gauteng Province, stood as a beacon of defiance and hope. Its story—of secret lessons, determined teachers, and brave students—epitomizes the courage of those who refused to let education be stolen from them. The Origins of Wilberforce Institute Founded in  1908  by African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church missionaries,  ...