1."You've managed to do what even American slavery didn't do" What does this sentence refer to? Do you agree with it? What is the difference between the situation in the nineteenth century US and South Africa in the seventies?
2. What's the problem with "homelands"
3. Which metaphor do they use to talk about South Africa?
4. In what ways are black and white cultures different?
5. What do the two men finally agree on at the end of the discussion?
The Homelands were created under apartheid as being the traditional "tribal" areas to which ALL members of the Black population were allocated (whether they had been born there or not!) and in which areas the Black population would have "rights" (such as voting etc.) which they were denied in "white" (i.e. the rest of the country) South Africa. Everyone whose family came from one of these areas was declared a "citizen" even if they were not living there. This left the rest of the country (the good parts, economically speaking) for the whites.
There were 10 Homelands, 4 of which became "independent" All the Homelands had their own "legislative" assemblies and had a limited amount of autonomy. Those that became "independent" were considered by the South African government as such although this was never recognised by any other government.
All the Homelands were reincorporated into South Africa on 27 April 1994 and ceased to have separate identities.
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