Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A cikin Apartheid Afirka ta Kudu (1948<unk>1994), gwamnatin Afrikaner na Jam'iyyar Nationalist ta haifar da tashin hankali na geopolitical tsakanin Amurka da Tarayyar Soviet saboda ikon zamantakewar Afrikaners da zalunci da kuma zalunci na siyasa na baƙar fata da launin fata na Afirka ta Kudu da aka yi amfani da shi a karkashin takunkumi na anti-kwaminisanci da tsaro na kasa. Tarayyar Soviet a hukumance ta goyi bayan kifar da wariyar launin fata yayin da Yammacin duniya da Amurka musamman suka ci gaba da tsaka tsaki a kan batun. A cikin shekarun 1976 zuwa 1977 na Yakin Cacar Baki, Amurka da sauran kasashen Yammacin Turai sun ga cewa ba shi da kyau a tallafawa siyasa a Afirka ta Kudu, musamman ma lokacin da gwamnatin Afrikaner ta kashe mutane 176 (dalibai da manya) a cikin 'yan sanda na' yan sanda na Soweto.
(Yuni 1976), zanga-zangar siyasa game da mulkin mallaka na al'adun Afrikaner a kan mutanen da ba fararen fata ba na Afirka ta Kudu, musamman tilasta harshen Jamusanci na Afrikaans a matsayin daidaitaccen harshe don ilimi wanda ake buƙatar baƙar fata na Afirka ta Kudu su yi magana lokacin da suke magana da fararen fata da Afrikaners; da kuma kisan 'yan sanda na Steven Biko (Satumba 1977), shugaban siyasa mai tsaka-tsaki na juriya na cikin gida ga wariyar launin fata a Afirka ta Kudu.