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Apartheid (Apartheid in Literature (The moment before the gun went off…
Apartheid
Apartheid in Literature
The moment before the gun went off
Nadine Gordimer
Important author in the fight against apartheid
b. 1923
Van der Vyver had to pretend like he didn't know his son because the son was black and Van der Vyver was white.
Goodbye Bafana
Nelson Mandela
resistance against the apartheid
political issues
Sources:
not cited, Massacre in Sharpeville,
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/massacre-in-sharpeville
, not cited
Sara Blyn, Apartheid Literature,
https://scholarblogs.emory.edu/postcolonialstudies/2014/06/20/apartheid-literature/
, October 2017
not cited, Africaans,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afrikaans
, December 11th 2017
not cited, Geography of South Africa,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geography_of_South_Africa
, November 24th 2017
Natural Resourses
2nd largest producer of gold
1/5:
Of the world's diamonds
of all african products are from South Africa
Many tourists
ranking 8th of wine-producing countries
Nelson Mandela
1994
The first black president of South Africa
27 years of prison
178 laws
For the white minority
Lasted from 1948 to 1990
Same principle as Jim Craw-laws in the US
Counter apartheid
Peace protests
ANC
Political Party formed in 1912
Sharpeville Massacre
1960
Afrikaner policemen shot unarmed black protestors
69 killed
180 wounded
Nelson Mandela abandons peaceful protests as a result
before apartheid
1652: first settlement
dutch
British and dutch colonies
1910: Recognized as one state, South Africa
ruled by white
1720-1770: British settlements
Geography
Total area of approx. 1 220 000 km^2
25th biggest country
In the southern part of Africa
Furthest south in Africa
Means "separateness" or "apartness"
Segregation
White and black population
South Africa
Ideologi
the dutch belief:
"God gave the country to them"
Dutch "Boers
Africaans
The official language in South Africa
A descending language from dutch
7.2 million native speakers, and 10.3 second language speakers
The South African flag
