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One goal of the Packer/ArtWorks for Youth Partnership in South Africa is to help students develop an understanding of history of apartheid and the fight against it. Our primary text is the film Nelson Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom, which requires some background knowledge of apartheid and South African history. To help provide of us with this background information, students will do some research on an assigned topic and present what they have learned at the appropriate point during the movie.
The research does not need to be extensive. Your job will be to describe the basic facts about your topic and how it relates to the struggle against apartheid. In your trip journal, you will pull your research together into a bullet list that can serve as your notes when you present your topic in South Africa. Here is an example
Miriam Makeba
- Makeba was a South African singer and activist who born in Prospect, South Africa in 1932.
- Began a career as a singer in the 1950s, performing in South African and other parts of southern Africa
- In 1959 she was exiled from South Africa for her increasingly vocal opposition to apartheid.
- She spent the next 25 years singing and touring, mostly in Europe and northern Africa
- As part of a community of exiled South African musicians, Makeba strove to raise awareness in the West about the injustice of apartheid, earning herself the nickname Mama Africa.
Resources to Help Your Research
Gale Research in Context – This includes solid sources like the Encyclopedia of World Biography and Global Events
Historical New York Times – Good for obituaries and reporting of events as they happened
South African History Online – Very good website for South African and apartheid history
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