PowerPoint 簡報 輔仁大學英國語文學系 Fu Jen PowerPoint briefing English Language Department Fu Jen Catholic university.pptVIP

South Africa’s Apartheid Consequences and Cultural Responses Outline History of Apartheid (e.g. Cry, My Beloved Country; Cry Freedom) Consequences Responses: 1 Long Night’s Journey into the Day (Literary Responses) 2: the poems about physical sufferings; 3: Stories on Race Relations and anti-Apartheid movements (The following two weeks) 4: about Gender Relations; (The following two weeks) 5: more indirect styles --Foe 6 tradition and individual vs. society; “The Prophetess” (The Other Cultural Examples) 7 music—crossover style; 8 art works History: Triangle formed 1652 --The Dutch East India Company arrived, displacing the Bantu-speaking black Africans; 1795 -- The British seized Cape Town, and the Afrikaaners began the Great Trek to find new bases.? 1814 –The British displaced the Dutch, who moved inland to Natal, the Orange Free State, and the Transvaal; 1867 -- 1886 Gold and diamond discovered in these areas ? Boer War (1899-1902) History –domination of Afrikaans 1910 -- the four colonies were joined together under the Act of the Union, and the British handed the administration of the country over to the White locals. 1913/14 -- The Mines and Works Act and the Land act: a color bar was legalized and blacks were prohibited from owning land anywhere but in native reserves--7 percent of the whole. 1931-- South Africa gained its independence from Britain 50,000 white farmers have twelve times as much land for cultivation and grazing as 14 million rural blacks 1930s the government tried to mechanize agricultural practices in rural South Africa. ? Fewer black workers were needed. severe droughts ? urban migration History: The Beginnings of Apartheid the Native Lands and Trust Act of 1936 --denied the blacks the right to own land; restricting them from purchasing land outside the areas reserved for the various native peoples. the Native Representation Bill – eliminated any form of black African representation in the House of Assembly. Apar