Summative Assessment: Cold War + De-Colonization

You must save something if you can. Because people disappear without a trace. Completely
and irretrievably. From the world, and then from our memory. — Ryszard Kapuscinski

“Another Day of Life” is an intense, chilling, and convincing anti-war animated documentary
about the civil war in Angola at the time of its independence in 1975. With the exit of the
Portuguese colonizers, two factions fought with each other to determine who would rule and
control the country's thriving businesses and resources, especially diamonds and oil.

Film is available to watch HERE:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1E-Hiah60ji1J0tps1nl3LLcYzkhZ5jIr/view?usp=sharing
Research

Conduct some online research or consult our lessons to find answers to the following questions.

1. Why do you think Cuba became actively involved in a conflict thousands of miles away in
Africa? What was South Africa rationale for getting involved in Angola? What could have
Portugal done differently to have avoided the violence that came with independence?

2. How long did the civil war in Angola last and how was peace finally achieved in Angola?

Critical Thinking

1. What does the film tell us about how the Cold War influenced the civil war in
Angola?

Below you find a quotation from the last scenes of the film. Think about what the
quotation means and write down your answer to the question that follows.

“You must save something if you can, because people disappear without a
trace, completely and irretrievably, first from the world and then from our
memory. I will write. They will never be forgotten. They will leave a trace. They
will remain. I was here. This is how I looked. This is the face I had when I was
alive. Look at me for a moment, before you turn to something else.”

2. What can this quotation tell us about the motivation for Ryszard Kapuscinski
writing his book ‘Another Day of Life” and for the film-makers adapting the work
into a movie?

Application (individual or groups x3)

1. Create an artistic work [drawing, painting, poem, song, website, podcast,

NFT, etc] that highlights
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research above)

b. Your emotional reaction to the film (how did the film make you feel?)
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