AFRICAN LITERATURE FOR AFRICA
KNOW THE PAST. UNDERSTAND THE PRESENT. BETTER THE FUTURE.
Lesson 1: Introduction to the Novel
Summary of the Novel
Lesson 2: Novel and Plot Structure
PP: Plot Structure
Lesson 3: Background to the Novel
Athol Fugard
Historical Context
PP: Apartheid Images
Lesson 4: Characters
Characters
Lessons 6 &7: Chapter 1
Migrant Labour
Lesson 8: Themes
Video: Siya Kolisi
Themes
Lessons 9 & 10: Chapter 2
Motifs and Symbols
Lesson 13: Listening Comprehension
Video: Stimela by Hugh Masekela
Lessons 14 & 15: Chapter 4
Forced Removals
Lesson 16: Syllables and Rhyming Couplets
Syllables and Couplets
PP: Syllables and Rhyming Couplets
Video: When a Child is Born by Boney M
Lesson 18: Written Comprehension
Written Comprehension Text
Lessons 19 & 20: Chapter 6
The Role of Mothers and Fathers
Lessons 29 & 30:Chapter 9
The Passbook
Lesson 33: Magazine Article Techniques
Video: The Danger of a Single Story by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Lesson 36: Oral Debate Techniques
Debating Guidelines
PP: Debate Procedure
Lesson 41 & 42: Poetry Techniques & Analysis
a young man’s thoughts before june the 16th by Fhazel Johennesse
PP: Poetry Analysis Guidelines
Lesson 43: Poetry Group Analysis
The Man by Seitlhamo Motsapi
Freetown by Ogaga Ifowodo
You Cannot Know the Fears I Have by Shabbir Banoobhai
An Abandoned Bundle by Oswald Mbuyiseni Mtshali
Lesson 46: Film Comparison
Film Plot Summary
Video: Movie Scenes
Lesson 50: Test
Video: IF
IF by Rudyard Kipling