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Unit 8 on Government in Africa is upon us and our vocabulary quiz is scheduled for this Thursday.
Here are some videos to help you review these concepts.
Categories of Citizen Participation and Specific types of Citizen Participation
Parliamentary & Presidential Systems
South Africa had it’s own system of segregation, much like the system that was used in the Southern U.S. during the Jim Crow era. It was called Apartheid, and it was actually worse than what was American segregation.
Nelson Mandela, the leader of the anti-Apartheid movement, spent 27 years in prison in South Africa. Here is a news clip from when he was released in 1990.
FW de Klerk, the last Afrikaner (white) president of South Africa worked to find a peaceful end to Apartheid.
With the first free elections in South Africa after the end of Apartheid, Nelson Mandela was elected president. Here is a clip from the movie Invictus that portrays Mandela’s first day in office, and his efforts to reconcile (make peace) between black and white South Africans.
We started our study of the history of Africa by learning about the European Scramble for Africa and how colonialism has affected the continent. Then we learned how Nationalism and the Pan-Africa movement drove African colonies to become independent.