Week+5

=Week 5= ==This week we are going to finish discussing //The Lion and the Jewel// and then we are going to read //What were you Dreaming// by the South African writer Nadine Gordimer.This story is set in South Africa at the time when Apartheid was law in the country. In order to understand the story better it is important to understand exactly what the system of Apartheid implied for the people of South Africa, especially the black population.== [|Map of Africa] [|Map of South Africa] [|System of Apartheid] Read especially, Legislaton, Homeland System, Forced Removals, Coloured Clssification, Women under Apartheid, Internal Resistance, Organization for African Unity,1994 Elections. [|Nelson Mandela] [|Nadine Gordimer]

Questions on **What were you Dreaming?**

1. Who are the 3 main characters in this story? 2. Who is the narrator at the beginning?Which category of people does he belong to? 3.Why is he surprised when the car stops? 4.What aspects of Apartheid are evident in the story?(explain) 5.What does the Englishman do that a South African wouldn´t? 6.What do you think the woman´s attitude to Apartheid is, although she is South African? (Give reasons for your answer)

Essay questions on the unit on Africa. Choose ONE of the following essay questions. (To be handed in on Thursday June 12th.)

1. In GIRLS AT WAR, describe and comment on the character of Reginald Nwanko. 2. In WHAT WERE YOU DREAMING? what do you learn about the system of Apartheid and how it effected the people? 3.In THE LION AND THE JEWEL, what do Lakunle and Baroka symbolize and what ideas, regarding Nigeria, is Soyinka putting forward in the play?