1. 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

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

21. “My Children, My Africa”
Athol Fugard

22. 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

23. 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

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

25. “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.”