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NELSON MANDELA
Nelson Mandela (July 18, 1918 – December 5, 2013) CO (==> 1’32) A video on Nelson Mandela His life on BBC channel http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/7500615.stm#peace A longer video on the life story of Nelson Mandela, taken from the website https://www.nelsonmandela.org/
Residential schools
LLCE 3 videos on the residential schools and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission
South Africa confronts racism with truth
(==> 0’22) The document (==> 0’45) Constitution Hill (==> 1’20) The Trojan Horse massacre (15 October 1985) (==> 1’36) 3 decades later (==> 2’19) End of Apartheid and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (==> 2’38) The perpetrators (==> 3’25) The victims (==> 4’16) A success? (==> end) Conclusion
Nelson Mandela
A video on the life story of Nelson Mandela, taken from the website https://www.nelsonmandela.org/ “ I have fought against white domination, and I have fought against black domination. I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons live together in harmony and with equal opportunities. It is an … Continuer la lecture
Namwayut
LLCE Namwayut’s testimony on his childhood in a residential school and on the TRC
The TRC
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission Origin : South Africa after the end of apartheid in 1995 Structure : a kind of court presided by the activist and ex archbishop Desmond Tutu. Objective : its objective was to reconcile victims and oppressors who were encouraged to give testimonies about what had really happened during the Apartheid … Continuer la lecture
Passbooks
What is a passbook? Watch some testimonies to know more about passbooks. Geoff Budlender, Advocate of the Supreme Court: Well the Passbook was a document which all Africans had to carry from the age of sixteen. They had to produce it on demand. It was a criminal offence to fail to produce it on demand. … Continuer la lecture
I HAVE A DREAM
Without the use of violence, Martin Luther King fought discrimination against the Blacks at the time of racial segregation in the US in the 1960s. He pronounced his famous speech « I have a dream » on August 28th, 1963, fifty years ago. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ryy7eP0kks[/youtube] About the speech on wikipedia (in French) : http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Have_a_Dream The video and the … Continuer la lecture
