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    This document provides six essay questions about the film Cry Freedom and South African activist Steven Biko. The questions prompt students to explain Biko's concept of "black consciousness," discuss how his views on equal participation in society apply to the United States, and define what a martyr is using Biko as an example. Students are asked to explain one of Biko's quotes about living for ideas that will survive and to relate another quote about the oppressor's most potent weapon to apartheid's education system and the Soweto Uprisings. The final question asks students to argue whether Donald Woods or Steven Biko deserved the Nobel Peace Prize based on their fight against apartheid.

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    This document provides six essay questions about the film Cry Freedom and South African activist Steven Biko. The questions prompt students to explain Biko's concept of "black consciousness," discuss how his views on equal participation in society apply to the United States, and define what a martyr is using Biko as an example. Students are asked to explain one of Biko's quotes about living for ideas that will survive and to relate another quote about the oppressor's most potent weapon to apartheid's education system and the Soweto Uprisings. The final question asks students to argue whether Donald Woods or Steven Biko deserved the Nobel Peace Prize based on their fight against apartheid.

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    This document provides six essay questions about the film Cry Freedom and South African activist Steven Biko. The questions prompt students to explain Biko's concept of "black consciousness," discuss how his views on equal participation in society apply to the United States, and define what a martyr is using Biko as an example. Students are asked to explain one of Biko's quotes about living for ideas that will survive and to relate another quote about the oppressor's most potent weapon to apartheid's education system and the Soweto Uprisings. The final question asks students to argue whether Donald Woods or Steven Biko deserved the Nobel Peace Prize based on their fight against apartheid.

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    This document provides six essay questions about the film Cry Freedom and South African activist Steven Biko. The questions prompt students to explain Biko's concept of "black consciousness," discuss how his views on equal participation in society apply to the United States, and define what a martyr is using Biko as an example. Students are asked to explain one of Biko's quotes about living for ideas that will survive and to relate another quote about the oppressor's most potent weapon to apartheid's education system and the Soweto Uprisings. The final question asks students to argue whether Donald Woods or Steven Biko deserved the Nobel Peace Prize based on their fight against apartheid.

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    Name___________________Period_____

    Due: Block Day (Per 1-2: Wed 4/7, Per 4-5: Thu 4/8)

    Cry Freedom: Follow Up Questions


    Choose three of the following essay questions to write about. Each answer should
    be a minimum of one paragraph in length (5-7 sentences).

    1) Steven Biko discusses the idea of “black consciousness” in Cry


    Freedom. In your own words explain what you think he meant by this phrase.

    2) During the tour of the townships, Biko and his friends describe the
    current society as one where they are only “invited to the table” if they learn how to
    play by the white master’s rule. They envision a society where everyone participates
    equally in society on their own cultural terms. Do you see ways that this applies to life
    in the United States today?

    3) Biko has been called the greatest martyr for the struggle against
    apartheid. What is a martyr? What other martyrs do you know of, and how can they
    help move a cause forward?

    4) Biko once said “It is better to die for an idea that will live, than to live
    for an idea that will die.” What do you think Biko meant by this? How does his life
    represent this sentiment? Do you agree or disagree with this quote and why?

    5) “The most potent weapon of the oppressor is the mind of the


    oppressed.”
    –Steven Biko, 1971
    Explain this quote and what it means. How does this quote relate to the education
    system for blacks and whites under apartheid, the Black Consciousness Movement,
    and the Soweto Uprisings in 1976?

    6) The film Cry Freedom tells the story of both Steven Biko and Donald
    Woods. Both fought to end apartheid and risked or lost their lives in the struggle for
    peace and justice. The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded once a year “to the person who
    shall have done the most or the best work for fraternity between nations, for the
    abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the holding and promotion of peace
    congresses." In your opinion, who deserved to be awarded the Nobel Peach Prize,
    Woods or Biko? Justify your position with facts from the movie and articles or class
    notes on South Africa.

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