Tuesday, March 19, 2013


  1. What was the Apartheid? Apartheid means "separateness" in African language. Apartheid was a system of racial segregation in South Africa, from 1948 to 1994. The Apartheid had numerous of rules or laws that allowed ruling white minority Africa to segregate and in many cases terrorize. 
  2. What is an Afrikaans? Are Africans-speaking people who have been established in Southern Africa since 17th century.
  3. Why was there racial strife in South Africa? There was racial strife in South Africa because in South Africa the United states was trying to take over and they did not like this. In Africa the situation was a little more complicated. The arrests in the form of detentions raised the rate of the Apartheid protest, banning of political activists, and interracial conflict.
  4. What was Nelson Mandela's personal history? Where/when was he born?What was education? Nelson Mandela was born in Transkei, South Africa on July 18, 1918. Nelson went to Clarkebury Boarding School, and instead of doing three years to complete his junior certification Nelson was trough in two years. From there Nelson went to college, Healdtown in Fort Beaufort. 
  5. Why was Nelson Mandela put in prison? Nelson Mandela was put in prison because he was plotting to overthrow the government in South Africa. He was convicted of sabotage- several bombs. A lot of people were killed so he was imprison for murder and sabotage.
  6. What kind of prison was it? where was it located? It was located in Robben Island. He was isolated from no-political prisoners. It was a small cell, the floor was his bed, and he had a bucket for a toilet. While he was there he was forced to do hard labor work in a quarry. 
  7. What happened to his family while he was in prison? Both of Mandela's daughters from his first marrige were named Makazawie. The eldest died at nine months and the next Makazawie was named in her honor. Madiba thembikile (Thembi) was killed in a car crash when he was 25 (1969) Nelson Mandela was in prison at the time and was not permitted to attend his child's funeral. Makgatho died of AIDS in 2005.
  8. How long was he in prison? Nelson Mandela was in prison for 27 years. 
  9. How did he become president of South Africa? 
  10. What were his goals as President of South Africa? How did he accomplish these goals?




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Friday, March 1, 2013

Think Different

                                                            THINKING DIFFERENT


  • People generally react discrateful to those who are willing to step outside the box and think different. In the film Glory Road, Don Haskins basketball coach of an all black team, received plenty of discrimination and abuse because he was coaching them, they even called him "Black Lover". This means that he was disrespected because he stood up to the abuse, ignore the ignorant and went on a coached his team. He though different, he had faith and believed that this five black baskeball players could go out there and play as good as anyother team full of white players.
  • It was very important for Don Haskins to think different because if it was not for him thinking different this team probably would not had faith on them self and would of just walk away from the abuse. In the film Glory Road, while this player were out eating one of them got jumped by white mans, they rooms got trashed, and those rude people even trew trash to their faces. This means that if coach would of never though differ from other they would not had proven to the world that black man are able to do anything that anyother raice can aswell. This film reminds me of Martin Luther King Jr., because he fought for equal right he though everybody should be treated equaly, if it wasent for leaders like him thinking differently we would not have been living in the society we do now.