Background on Apartheid Apartheid= a system of LEGAL racial segregation enforced by the National Party government 1948 to 1994 in South Africa Apartheid was dismantled through negotiations between 1990 to 1994

Background on Apartheid Stripped South African Blacks of their citizenship and placed them into one of ten tribally based bantustans Small, unproductive areas of the country Restricted their right to vote Segregated medical care, schooling, and public services

Legislature Population Registration Act Groups Areas Act National register with your race listed Groups Areas Act Forced removals from “wrong” areas Separate Representation of Voters Act Stripped Blacks and Colored of right to vote Bantu Authorities Act Created Black homelands Natives Act Need to carry a passbook

Background on Apartheid Apartheid sparked protest and resistance Anti-Apartheid Movement African National Congress Black Consciousness Movement Apartheid ended in 1994, but the effects are still prevalent today

“My Children, My Africa” Athol Fugard

Athol Fugard Born in 1932 in Middleburg, South Africa White with English and Afrikaner parents In early 1980s, as a protest, Fugard left South Africa for the United States Returned in 1990s after the transition to majority rule

Athol Fugard Early in his life, he worked as a clerk in a Johannesburg court where pass law violations were tried Writes plays about political situations Performances often officially stopped by police Often annoyed and interrogated by police Passport revoked for 5 years

“My Children, My Africa” Three characters Mr. M Thami Isabel

“My Children, My Africa” Things do not need to stay the same “His drama presents the torture and devastation that befalls the simple, ordinary individuals, the deep and bloody scars that these atrocities leave not only on the body of the victim but also the jailor.”