A voluteer's guide to township life

Task: 

• Note the keywords or phrases describing the reality of township life on the post-its and indicate the line/s from the text.  
• You may select 4 items and if need be a fifth one 
• You present your keywords afterwards in the form of a mind map by posting your keywords on the black board

1. st group: up to line 11
2. nd group: line 12 to 23
3. rd group: line 24 to 48
4. th group: line 49 to 62
5. th group: line 64 to 76

Soweto - Joy Delane

• People struggling and hustling but also dancing: hope/religion as shown in the church; shows happiness and not only misery

• Poverty, HIV,

• Video and lyrics show life in the ghetto of Soweto

• Life, appearance, culture, identity

• Feelings about Africa are prejudiced

• People are not really different

• Special music: mixture of African style, trumpets and German language

• Police brutality

• “stones”, “shots”: illustrating relationship between Africans and goverments

• “red smoke” is remembered, knowledge is passed on

• Voice: dramatic, dramatize situation,

• Men exercising in the gym showing strength and fighting spirit

• Civil war scenario

• Discuss the song and its connections to South Africa

1. Inform yourself about Nelson Mandela and his visions for South Africa after Apartheid
2. Make notes divided into political and social aspects
3. Read the text Seeking to Define the Post-Mandela South Africa
4. What are the problems South Africa faces according to the text?
5. From what you have read: inhowfar was Mandela successful in your opinion?

Tasks:

While watching:

• Which aspects of NM does the trailer highlight?
• What person was NM as presented in the trailer? use adjectives and characteristics to describe NM 

Post watching:

• Discuss with your partner whether you'd watch the movie and why/why not