South African Theatre

What significant even happened in 1948 in South Africa?

• Mandela went to prison

• Steve Biko was killed

• National party came into power

• Sharpeville massacre

when the National Party came into power, what did they introduce?

• slavery

• apartheid

• love and peace

• pride for all South Africans

What was the Sharpeville Massacre?

• black people burnt their pass books in protest to apartheid in front of the police station

• schools kids protested against bantu education and being taught in the medium of Afrikaans

• 1000 people died at the mines while protesting low pay and poor working conditions

• when women marched to the union buildings in protest to the oppressing laws of apartheid.

Why did International countries boycott South Africa?

• because we have gold

• because of the slave system

• because of the system of apartheid

• because we refused to be under their control

What did the boycott entail?

• boycott and ban South African products

• boycott and ban south African sport

• boycott literature and plays

• All the options given

What was aim of black consciousness?

• to care for wounded soldiers in the possible civil war

• to liberate Mandela from prison

• to liberate the black mind from oppression and instill pride in being black.

• to create more homes for those who are displaced.

How did the international boycott affect theatre in south Africa

• we had to create our own plays based on what was happening in South Africa

• we had to buy plays at from the UK

• we had to buy plays from the US

• we stopped showing plays at the theatre

Afrikaans theatre and literature grew drastically when the NP came into power.

• true

• false

South African theater has elements of dance, singing and physical theatre

• true

• false

After 1991 South African theatre changed from resistance to...

• reconciliation

• justice

• peace

• violence