FA4A

Cry, the Beloved Country

APARTHEID
/əˈpɑːrteɪt/ Presented by
Daguplo | Delfin
Guevarra | Moran
Withered Hope
A child deserves to live a happy life, but this kind of
life is taken away from them as this ideal treatment
can only be evident in children that reside in white
countries.
 Unequal Scenes
The background photo features a photograph by Johnny Miller, of the divided areas
outside of Johannesburg, showing the perfect representation of inequality in South
Africa. The photograph shows the division of two neighborhoods, the Primrose (right)
and the informal settlement of Makause (left). The picture depicts the segregation
during Aparheid. Also, throughout the novel, this city serves as shorthand for a
corrupting, magnetic force that draws in people and destroys them.
Sharpeville Massacre
7,000 Africans protested in front of Sharpville police
station against the restrictive pass laws. The Pass law
requires South Africans to have an internal passport in
their area for the white people to easily segregate their
population. Pass Law prevents Africans to go to places
where the majority of white people live. On March 21,
Africans showed their disapproval of the said law
through peaceful protest, the circumstances escalated
quickly, the 300 police officers in the area opened fire.
Sixty-nine Africans were killed and 186 were wounded
with a most shot in the back.
A boy murdered by
police in the Soweto
uprising in 1976

This 13-year-old boy named Hector

Pieterson was murdered by the police
in Soweto. He died protesting against
the “Afrikaans Medium Decree”, a law
that insists dutch based language as the
main language in the African
educational system. The problem in
this language is that African students
find it hard to understand it, on June
17, 1976, these high school students
gathered outside and protested against
the decree. Suddenly policeman opens
fire against young protesters, leading to
the killings of 566 black students. The
photograph inspires Africans to take up
action against apartheid, it lead to the
downfall of the oppressive regime.
 This photo of a baby picking cotton fields
just goes to show that slavery for people
of color have no boundaries. Cotton was a
successful business for the whites but
they needed people to handpick these
cottons so that they could produce more
for their businesses. Thus, Cotton slavery
has begun when there were South
Africans in the US. Because of their color,

Cotton Slavery they are cotton slaves that pick the

cottons for the success of the whites
without receiving any in return. These
people of color finally get out of their
country to reside in a white country only
to be treated the same way they are
treated in their own homeland.
The Death of George Floyd
George Floyd, a 46-year-old black man,
was arrested on May 25 after a
convenience store clerk contacted
police to report that Mr. Floyd allegedly
purchased cigarettes using a counterfeit
$20 bill. Seventeen minutes after the
police car arrived at the scene, Mr.
Floyd was unconscious and pinned
beneath three police officers, showing
no signs of life. In a disturbing
cellphone video later posted to
Facebook, it is seen that the officer,
Derek Chauvin, who is white, kept his
knee on Mr. Floyd’s neck for at least
eight minutes and 15 seconds, while Mr.
Floyd repeats "I can't breathe" and goes
unconscious. By combining videos from
bystanders and security cameras, it
shows that Derek Chauvin didn't remove
his knee even after Mr. Floyd lost
consciousness and for a full minute and
20 seconds after paramedics arrived at
the scene. George Floyd later died at the
hospital.
 SOURCES
Cotton Economy and Slavery
https://www.pbs.org/wnet/african-americans-many-rivers-to-
cross/video/the-cotton-economy-and-slavery/

Faces of Africa Portrait

Leica Oskar Barnack Award / internationaler Foto-Wettbewerb (leica-oskar-
barnack-award.com)

Sharpesville Massacre
https://www.blackpast.org/global-african-history/sharpeville-massacre/

The Story Behind TIME's Cover on Inequality in South Africa

https://time.com/5581483/time-cover-south-africa/?fbclid=IwAR0WZ-
7mjBjtcDlPx8HjO9Aqogt16JNAIjsdsXd_m3LSPce6x_v8oonJItg

This Photo Inspired the World to Fight Against Apartheid

https://time.com/4365138/soweto-anniversary-photograph/