LibGuides: Born A Crime &amp; Apartheid: Main Guide

Trevor Noah

Frederick Community College - Links To Trevor Noah & "Born a Crime"
Many links to videos, interviews, info on Apartheid, all in support of FCC's all campus read of fall 2019: "Born a Crime". These links are NONFICTION writings about Noah's memoir.
Trevor Noah: Finding humor in the darkest of times
Under Apartheid, Trevor Noah's Mother Taught Him to Face Injustice with Humor
Finding Hope in a Challenging Year: A Conversation With Trevor Noah
Trevor Noah's Lesson To Young Readers: It's Freeing To Define Yourself On Your Own Terms
The ‘unnatural evolution’ of Trevor Noah and ‘The Daily Show’

DATABASES

The databases below are the most useful for this specific project. For our other databases, visit the library online databases. Remember - You'll need to login first to get to the articles. Need passwords? email Ms. Moore

ABC-CLIO: "South Africa"
General article on the history of South Africa - includes information on the Boer War and the later founding of SA and establishment of Apartheid.
ABC-CLIO: "Apartheid"
History and development of Apartheid in South Africa
ProQuest: The racism faced by black South Africans can be traced back to the colonialists who wanted a white state
A brief, very accessible article describing how black South Africans were edged out politically and economically after the Boer War
Foreign Affairs article: All Is Not Forgiven: South Africa and the Scars of Apartheid
ProQuest Article: The backward glance: History and the novel in post-apartheid South Africa
The relationship between history and the novel in post-apartheid South Africa.
LIterature Resource Transcript: Trevor Noah Says He Grew Up 'In The Shadow Of A Giant' (His Mom)
Transcript of the "Fresh Air" interview with Trevor Noah on NPR

IMPORTANT: When citing any item from a database: look for a complete citation at the bottom of the article (and copy it) OR click the "CITE" button and copy the complete MLA 9th edition citation that is given. Then go to Noodletools, choose "New Source", choose database, and then paste the complete citation in to the "Quick Cite" section.

USEFUL NONFICTION GOOGLE BOOKS (ONLINE)

Google Books: "South Africa: The Rise and Fall of Apartheid"
Go to the chapter: "The creation of South Africa: The South African War and its Aftermath" where you will find helpful information on how European imperialism led to the establishment of separation of races in South Africa
Google Books: "The Making of a Racist State: British Imperialism and the Union of South Africa: 1875-1910
Looks at the effects of imperialism on black Africans, especially in South Africa following the Boer War and discovery of gold and diamonds.

USEFUL FICTION WEBSITES: Apartheid & Post-Apartheid Literature

(POEMS): Traditional Praise & Protest Poetry of South Africa
Note: there are 4 pages of poetry related to South Africa here. These are done in a traditional Zulu or Xhosa oral style, yet often cover Apartheid and its effect on black South Africans.
NOTE: to cite this, cite it as a website, and then fill out the rest of the info - all the info is included on the website so I did not create a citation for this site.
Apartheid, Post-Apartheid & Post-Colonial Literature of South Africa (from Emory University)
Describes the kinds of literature of Apartheid & Post-Apartheid and important themes and works from those times.

POEM: "In Detention" by Chris van Wyk
POEM: "Telephone Conversation" by Wole Solynka
(FICTION) SHORT STORY: "Afrika Road" by Don Mattera
Short story full of metaphor about violence on a road in South Afrika

PODCASTS

USEFUL NONFICTION WEBSITES: Apartheid In South Africa

Apartheid

'Apartheid and Jim Crow are really no different': Why George Floyd's death reverberated in Africa
Post-apartheid South Africa is world’s most unequal country
Race in South Africa: 'We haven't learnt we are human beings first'
Apartheid ended 29 years ago. How has South Africa changed?
NPR: Two Mandela Speeches that Made History
Article about 2 important Mandela speeches (1964 & 1994) with excerpts from these speeches

Nelson Mandela's Iconic Speech - "Sport has the power to change the world"
Ahead of the landmark 20th Anniversary Laureus World Sports Awards, relive the iconic speech of our first patron, Nelson Mandela, at the inaugural Awards in Monaco in 2000 - "Sport has the power to change the world."

NPR: The Day Nelson Mandela Walked Out of Prison
Article looking at the way Nelson Mandela embodied the hopes and fears of the South African people.
Primary Source: Desmond Tutu's Speech: "The Question of South Africa" (1984)
From Fordham University History Sourcebook site: an important speech by Archbishop Desmond Tutu.
Smithsonian Magazine: A Look Back at South Africa Under Apartheid
Article looks back at apartheid in South Africa on the the 25th anniversary of its repeal
Facing History: Before Apartheid
Details the history of South Africa prior to the establishment of Apartheid .
South Africa: Revolution at the Ballot Box
From the Constitutional Rights Foundation: article documents the changes brought about in South Africa after the repeal of Apartheid.
Primary Source: South Africa's National Party's Colour Policy (1948)
The actual policy statement that legalized Apartheid in South Africa

SHORT VIDEOS

CITATIONS FOR POEMS & SHORT STORIES

Citation for "The Prisoner Who Wore Glasses":

Head, Bessie. "'The Prisoner Who Wore Glasses.'" The Collector of Treasures, PDF ed., Cambridge [England], ProQuest, 2005.

Citation for "We and They":

Kipling, Rudyard. "We and They." 1926. Debits & Credits, House of Stratus, 2009.

Citation for "A Gathering of Bald Men":

Langa, Mandla. "A Gathering of Bald Men." 1996. Under African Skies: Modern African Stories, edited by Charles R. Larson, PDF ed., Farrar, Straus, & Giroux, 1998.

Citation for "I'm Not Talking about That, Now":

Magona, Sindiwe. "I'm Not Talking about That, Now." 1996. Under African Skies: Modern African Stories, edited by Charles R. Larson, PDF ed., Farrar, Straus, & Giroux, 1998.

Citation for "Afrika Road":

Mattera, Don. "Afrika Road." 1991. Under African Skies: Modern African Stories, edited by Charles R. Larson, PDF ed., Farrar, Straus, & Giroux, 1998.

Citation for "Mrs. Plum":

Mphahlele, Es'kia. "Mrs. Plum." 1967. Under African Skies: Modern African Stories, edited by Charles R. Larson, PDF ed., Farrar, Straus, & Giroux, 1998.

Citation for "Telephone Conversation":

Soyinka, Wole. "Telephone Conversation." 1962. Modern Poetry from Africa, edited by Gerald Moore, PDF ed., London, Forgotten Books, 2017.

Citation for "Sun City":

Van Zandt, Steven. "Sun City." Sun City, performance by Artists United Against Apartheid, 1985.

Citation for "In Detention":

Van Wyk, Chris. "In Detention." 1979. It's Time to Go Home, PDF ed., South Africa, Ad Donker, 1979.

Citation for "White Man's Burden":

"The White Man's Burden: The United States and the Philippine Islands." Rudyard Kipling's Verse: Definitive Edition, Doubleday, 1929. Originally published in McClure's Magazine, Feb. 1899.

Citation for the cartoon "Colonial Powers" from the Garsha Ex Post Facto article (page 144):

Heine, Thomas. "Colonial Powers." Simplicissimus, 3 May 1904. Department of History: Ex Post Facto Journal of the History Students at San Francisco State University, history.sfsu.edu/sites/default/files/EPF/2011_Jeremiah%20Garsha.pdf. Accessed 10 Dec. 2019. Cartoon.

Citation for the entire Garsha article:

Garsha, Jeremiah. "Satire and Genocide: Simplicissimus' Anticolonial Protest and German Intellectual Colonization." Ex Post Facto, vol. XX, 2011, pp. 131-47.