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Leader: This activity requires two maps, one of colonial
possessions in 1930 and the other of the South Africa Black
Homelands in 1986. Please make sure that everyone has a
copy of both prior to starting the activity. Keep participants
to five minutes for the first part of the activity
and facilitate discussion for the remaining 10 minutes.
You may print maps here.
Working
individually, take five minutes to study the map of colonial
Africa in 1930 and of the Black Homelands of South Africa and
briefly write your answers to these questions:
What
do these maps tell us about Africa's history? What are your
impressions? Focus on relations between blacks and whites,
how whites came to Africa, and how countries with white minorities
and black majorities operate.
What
are the effects of colonialism on modern African states?
Take 10
minutes to share your answers with the group.
Be thinking
of the effects of colonialism and how modern Africa must deal
with them as you watch the video program.
