#5 South Africa - "Freedom in Our Lifetime"

Session 5: South Africa - "Freedom in Our Lifetime"

Music: Paul Simon & Hugh Masekela , "Bring Him Back Home," Graceland, 1987 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NG3oKb2JQow

Essential Questions:
• What was the apartheid system in South Africa?
• What techniques were used by the anti-apartheid movement?
• What was the divestment tool in the anti-apartheid movement? How effective was it?
• What was the Truth and Reconciliation Commission? What role did it play in the transition to a majority democracy? How effective was it?

Rick's Rap

Gathering: "When I think of Nelson Mandela, the following idea/image comes to mind..."

Exercise: partner share - "A time when I forgave someone..."

Video: "Freedom in Our Lifetime," A Force More Powerful,  2002
             • Debrief

Video: "Tutu and the TRC," BBC, 2009 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujOL8FS2wv4
              • Debrief
Closing: " Something that I learned today was..."

Readings: "Forgiveness is liberating: Desmond Tutu on Healing a Nation's Racist Past," Yes!Magazine, 12/12/2014 http://www.yesmagazine.org/peace-justice/forgiveness-is-liberating-desmond-tutu-on-healing-a-nations-racist-past

Resource:" Truth and Reconciliation Commission," Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truth_and_Reconciliation_Commission_(South_Africa)

Forgiveness liberates the soul. It removes fear. That is why it is such a powerful force.
                                  Nelson Mandela