Nation Building: South Africa

Study Questions: Lecture and Reading in Bulliet pp. 842-4, 891-2

1. What problems does Africa face today as a result of colonization and decolonization?

2. What is the history of the apartheid system in South Africa? What role did Nelson Mandela play in ending it?

Study Questions, Kaffir Boy, pp. 215-350

1. What causes the growing political awareness of Mark (Johannes)?

2. Why did Mark (Johannes) get involved in looting after the Soweto Riots, even though he thinks that it was senseless?

3. What were the arguments for and against Mark's participation in the SAB Tennis Tournament? Do you think that he sold out the black cause by participating?