Unit10: Apartheid and Post-Apartheid South Africa:

    Intro:

    South Africa hit the headlines a few years ago with the death of Winnie Mandela, not to mention the ninth anniversary of Nelson Mandela's death. In this unit, we will not only review a lot of elements about Apartheid South Africa but also reflect on Post-Apartheid South Africa thanks to a wide range of documents.

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    Step1: South Africa: Main facts:

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    Step2: Apartheid

    Video1 (above)/ video 2 (below)

     "Apartheid: 46 years in 90 seconds" (BBC)

    • Apartheid:

    Main facts (Wikipedia)

    The Birth and death of Apartheid (BBC)

    Facts and Summary (History.com)

    Timeline and Pictures (Huffington Post)

    Apartheid and reactions to it (South African History Online)

    Archives (BBC)

    • Soweto/townships:

    Soweto

    A History of Soweto

    Township tours


    From District 6 to "District 9":

    Doc2a:

    Doc2c1:

    District Six (Cape Town History)

     

    Doc2c2:

    The District Six Museum

    Doc2b:


    Step3: Mandela and his legacy:

     "The Black Pimpernel"

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    Mandela's life in a comic strip
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    Frontline: an extract from Long Walk to Freedom, Mandela's autobiographical novel

    Long Walk to Freedom (extracts, Google Books)

    "The Rainbow Nation" (Wikipedia)

    Doc3c: The Nelson Mandela Foundation

     

    The UK and Apartheid:

    Doc3d: part1 / part2

    Doc3e

    The US and Apartheid:

    Maya Angelou's tribute to Mandela: "His day is done"

    The UN, the US, Britain and Apartheid+Mandela

    Doc3b:

     

    Go further: "Winnie Mandela's complicated legacy" (The Economist)


    Step4: Post-Apartheid South Africa:

    • Recent articles about South Africa:

    Regeneration in Johannesburg (video)/ or article

    Doc4a: "Why South Africa is the most unequal country in the world" -->

    Doc4b: "In Africa, colonial-era statues started to come down decades ago" (NPR)

    Violence in South Africa:

    Jacob Zuma and corruption in SA

    (extra doc): South Africa is a "less equal place" now than under Apartheid (audio: 0-> 3'47 + script if need be)

    • Practice and translate!

    "App created by Joburg pupils causes uproar at school" (News24)


    Go further: South "ART"frica:

    "Madiba and the Rainbow nation", December 8th, 2014
    "Madiba and the Rainbow nation", December 8th, 2014

    • "Invictus":

    "Invictus" by William Ernest Hernley

    Mandela's favorite poem

    Invictus (2009)

    • Nadine Gordimer: A World of Strangers

    Nadine Gordimer

    A World of Strangers

    • J.M Coetzee: Waiting for the Barbarians

    J.M. Coetzee

    Waiting for the Barbarians

    • Mandela's autobiography: 

    Long Walk to Freedom



    Practice!

    Listening comprehension n°1:

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    South Africans reflect on Mandela's Rainbow nation (NPR)
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    South Africa, Apartheid and the US (PRI)
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    Go further:

    • Key anti-apartheid activits:

    Steve Biko (South African History)

    Helen Suzman (The Guardian)

    Anti-Apartheid heroes(CNN)

    • A few other people to remember:

    Desmund Tutu

    Jacob Zuma

    • The positions of the US and the UK about Apartheid:

    How American Conservatives Turned a blind eye to Apartheid (Huffington Post)

    Britain's role in growth of Apartheid (Chicago Tribune)

    Apartheid "made in Britain" (The Independent)

    Britain and the anti-apartheid movement (USA Today)

    British Conservatives blamed for rewriting History and for being complicit with Apartheid (Huffington Post)         

    The Conservative party's uncomfortable relationship with Nelson Mandela (The Guardian)     

    • Political leaders on the rise:

    Hellen Zille (Democratic Alliance)

    Mamphela Ramphele (Agang)

    • The Oscar Pistorius case:

    Live coverage (The Guardian)

    Oscar Pistorius Murder Trial (Mirror)

    Pistorius and South Africa's Culture of Violence (Time)

    'Celebrity' Pistorius gets an unfair advantage (Mail&Guardian)

    Pistorius dream team murder trial (Time)

    South Africans debate meaning of Reeva Steemkamp's death(NY Times)

    "I am the bullet" ad pulled from local television" (The Globe and Mail)