Journey to Jo'burg
by
Beverley Naidoo
History of South Africa
Brief History of South Africa:
http://www.southafrica-travel.net/history/eh_menu.htm
BBC History of Southern Africa
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/index_section12.shtml
Time for Kids History Timeline
http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/specials/goplaces/0,12405,384366,00.html
Fact Monster (Scroll down to history)
http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0107983.html
World Almanac for Kids (Scroll down and click on history)
http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/explore/nations/southafrica.html
Brief history of the Boers:
http://www.mrdowling.com/610-boers.htmlHistory of Apartheid
History of apartheid:
http://www-cs-students.stanford.edu/~cale/cs201/apartheid.hist.html
Apartheid:
http://www.capetown.at/heritage/history/apartheid.htm#cpt
Apartheid, a summary:
http://www.mrdowling.com/610-apartheid.html
Apartheid:
http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/history/A0804329.html
South Africa and Apartheid:
http://www.un.org/av/photo/subjects/apartheid.htm
Brief history with summary of main apartheid laws and map:
http://campus.northpark.edu/history/WebChron/Africa/Apartheid.html
Anti-Apartheid PowerPoint:
http://bss.sfsu.edu/nfwatts/AntiApartheidMovementinSouthAfrica1%5B1%5D.pptNelson Mandela
ANC Biography Page:
http://www.anc.org.za/people/mandela.html
Mandela, a brief biography:
http://www.mrdowling.com/610-mandela.html
Nelson Mandela's Inaugural Address:
http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~wldciv/world_civ_reader/world_civ_reader_2/mandela.htmlDesmond Tutu
Demond Tutu profile from BBC:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/africa/newsid_142000/142334.stm
Short biography:
http://www.nobel.se/peace/laureates/1984/tutu-bio.html
Desmond Tutu, Peace Hero:
http://www.moreorless.au.com/heroes/tutu.htm
A PBS interview with Tutu about the Truth and Reconciliation Committee:
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/africa/july-dec99/tutu_10-6.htmlThe Children of South Africa
Children's Charter, 1992:
http://www.anc.org.za/misc/childcht.html
Children's Education:
http://homeport.tcs.tulane.edu/~rouxbee/kids00/sa5.html
Children's Health
http://homeport.tcs.tulane.edu/~rouxbee/kids00/sa2.htmlLanguages
Explore the Sesotho, Afrikaans and Zulu languages at this site:
http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/jo/joburgsg2.html
Learn about the many languages of South Africa here:
http://www.cyberserv.co.za/users/~jako/lang/People
The Zulu tribe in South Africa:
http://library.thinkquest.org/27209/
Overview of the people and languages of South Africa:
http://www.sa-venues.com/sa_languages_and_culture.htm
Vanishing peoples of South Africa:
http://www.culturesontheedge.com/gallery/archives/peter_magubane/index.html
Scroll down to the People and History section:
http://www.geographia.com/south-africa/Human Rights
ANC Youth League Manifesto, 1944
http://www.anc.org.za/ancdocs/history/ancylman.html
The Freedom Charter adopted by the ANC, 1955:
http://www.anc.org.za/ancdocs/history/charter.html
Read the Preamble to the new South African Constitution:
http://www.concourt.gov.za/constitution/#PREAMBLE
Universal Declaration of Human Rights:
http://www.un.org/cyberschoolbus/humanrights/resources/plain.aspGeography
Check the location, geography and climate section:
http://www.geographia.com/south-africa/
Map of South Africa:
http://media.maps.com/magellan/Images/AFRICS-W1.gif
Variety of maps of South Africa:
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/south_africa.html
Geographic facts from the CIA World Fact Book:
http://www.immigration-usa.com/wfb/south_africa_geography.htmlFacts and Statistics
Statistics in categories:
http://www.umsl.edu/services/govdocs/wofact97/224.htm
Facts about South Africa, click on index at left:
http://www.photius.com/wfb2000/countries/south_africa/south_africa_introduction.html
More facts and statistics:
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0107983.html
Tour of South Africa:
Photo Tour
http://www.southafrica.net/photo_library/catalogue/browse_photos.cfm?ImageCategoryID=3
PBS Africa for Kids
http://pbskids.org/africa/myworld/ngaka.htmlPhotos:
http://www.anphoblacht.com/news/images/2004/02/05/South-African-township.jpghttp://www.gtz.de/orboden/tenure/photo4.jpg
http://www.capeafricatours.com/shacks.jpg\
http://www.un.org/av/photo/subjects/images/186322.jpg
http://www.reesbuck.com/Images/Photos/South_Africa_township.jpg
http://www.christis.org.uk/archive/issue68/s_afric_apartheid.jpg
Mandela at Robben Island:
http://sunsite.wits.ac.za/books/Mandela/Behind_Bars.jpg
http://www.prisontourism.net/Robben%20Island%20Photos/robben6.jpg
http://www.bg-africa.com/ROBBEN%20ISLAND.jpg
