WorksheetsSouth African Theatre
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 3mins
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
