Cry, The Beloved Country What do you know about the African Apartheid? Write anything that comes to mind from other classes.

Novel  Published in 1948  Sold more than 15 million by 1988  20 different languages!  Objective take on the problems of racial inequality in South Africa

Characters Rev. Stephen Kumalo- 62 yr. old priest in Angelican church James Jarvis- Wealthy, white farmer

Apartheid South Africa’s infamous system of enforced racial segregation Effects of this:  High crime rate  Traditional tribal cultures gave way to the lure of cities  South Africans left with no moral or social organization  Whites did nothing to alleviate poverty  Blacks worked in gold mines but weren’t paid enough to survive

Displacement of Tribes  The Dutch arrive!  Afrikaans  Known as Boers

English Settlers  1795  English colonies settle in coastal cities  Boers (white tribes of Africa)  Boers moved North & Zulus moved South (CLASH!)  Boers created independent republic  GOLD!  Anglo-Boer war in 1881 AND  British established rule, Union of South Africa, in 1910

Cry, the Beloved Country  Takes place after these upheavals and before implementation of apartheid in 1948  Black workers  Unskilled jobs  Restricted freedom of movement  1/10 th of land for 4/5 th of country  Johannesburg  mines

Nelson Mandela  National Party introduced Apartheid in 1948  Classified according to race  Physical separation of blacks and whites  Mandela was the voice AGAINST the apartheid  Sent to prison in 1946  27 yrs.  Released in 1990  President of South Africa