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South Africa - EKSAMEN
During this topic, we learn about the Apartheid system in South Africa. We zoom in on the two anti-apartheid activists, Steven Biko and Nelson Mandela and their ardent struggle for equality and civil rights. We learn about idea behind The Black Consciousness Movement and watch the film, Cry Freedom, based on the true story about the friendship between Steve Biko and Donald Woods. We also read two short stories: one about a young black boy for whom apartheid is mainly something that shuts him out of the park that white kids play in, and one about the guilt within white people after the end of apartheid.
With Trevor Noah's memoir: "Born a Crime" we moreover learn more about what it was like growing up as a mixed race child in South Africa around the time when Apartheid was dimantled, and about the consequences the now no longer existing Apartheid system still has on South Africans today and why it is important, now maybe more than ever, to teach young people about the dangers of racism and unjust regimes.
Non-fiction:
Apartheid in South Africa, from Encyclopædia Britannica online
Interview with Steve Biko: What is Black Consciousness? from Broadbridge, Finding Our Strength - South Africa Today, Gyldendal, 1990.
Byerin Blakemore: Explainer, National Geographics: How Nelson Mandela fought Apartheid - and why his work is not complete. (17.07.2020)
Nelson Mandela's Inaugural Speech, 5 October, 1994.
Interview with Trevor Noah: "Trevor Noah's Lesson To Young Readers: "It's Freeing to Define Yourself On Your Own Terms" (including an excerpt from his memoir, "Born a Crime". (2019).With Trevor Noah's memoir: "Born a Crime" from which we learn more about what it was like growing up as a mixed race child in South Africa around the time when Apartheid was dimantled, and about the consequences the now no longer existing Apartheid system still has on South Africans today, and why it is important, now maybe more than ever, to teach young people about the dangers of racism and unjust regimes.
Literature:
The Park (1974), by James Matthews
The Moment Before the Gun Went Off (1991), Nadine Gordimer
The memoir by Trevor Noah: "It's Trevor Noah, Born a Crime", Adabted for Young Readers. 2019 (VÆRKLÆSNING).
Film:
Cry Freedom (1987), directed by Richard Attenborough.
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