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Aspects of the English speaking world

Aspects of the English speaking world. Georgette Petit Kelly van Donk 0812152. Contents. History , geography , culture Language issues and linguistic features Literature in Botswana Bessie Head The Cardinals Looking for a Raingod + exercise series. The chosen country.

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Aspects of the English speaking world

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  1. Aspects of the Englishspeakingworld Georgette Petit Kelly van Donk 0812152

  2. Contents • History, geography, culture • Language issues and linguistic features • Literature in Botswana • BessieHead • The Cardinals • Lookingfor a Raingod + exercise series

  3. The chosen country • Botswana ( en wat uitleg over Botswana)

  4. History, geography, culture • Heygeorgette! Jouw gedeelte! Wil je meer pagina’s gebruiken, klik dan gewoon op nieuwe dia invoegen, dan komt die onder de dia waar je mee bezig bent!

  5. Language issues and linguistic features

  6. Literature in Botswana

  7. Unity Dow (1959) • Judge and humanrights activist • Themes: strugglesbetween western and traditional values • Titles: Far and Beyon’ 2000 (sexualabuse) The screaming of the innocent 2002/2003 JugglingTruths 2003 The heavensmayfall 2006

  8. Patrick van Rensburg (1931) • Africaneducationalist and anti- apartheid activist • Themes: education in Africa • Titles: Guilty Land 1962 Report fromSwaneng Hill 1974 The Serowe Brigades: Alternativeeducation 1978 Atlas of Africanaffairs 1962

  9. Other Botswana writers • BarolongSeboni • MoteaneMelamu • Thomas Tlou • AndrewSesinyi General themes/ genre Educational Informative Strugglesbetweentradition and western world

  10. BessieHead • BornonJuly 6 1937 in SouthAfrica. • 1958 hired as onlywoman reporter for Golden City Post • 1960 ‘’mental illness’’ • 1962 Bessie finishes Cardinals • 1964 leavesSouthAfricaonan exit visa • Mental illnesscontinues (schizophrenic) • Dies on april 17 1986

  11. Africanerslovethat country possessively and it’swith a desrtuctuve kind of lovethat wants to crush and keep the lovedthing all to itself. A land and a peoplecanformthat kind of affinity- justlike a lovebetween a man and a woman. It’s wonderful to lovebut, God knows, it must betemperedwith a little bit of sanity. The wholeworldshouldnotcome to a full stop becausesomeonelovessomethingorsomeone! BessieHead

  12. The Cardinals • Written in 1960-1962 • Published in 1993

  13. Short summarynovel • Mainthemes: Apartheid segregation Poverty Forbiddenlove • Symbolism • Comparisonwith Maya Angelou ‘’I knowwhy the cagedbirdsings’’

  14. The character MOUSE Miriam • Intelligent • Smart • Hurt Quote on the slums Mouse used to live in: ‘’Escape? I don’tthink I was trying to escape. I wanted to learnhow to read and write and itdidnotseempossibleif I stayedhere’’

  15. Johnny to Mouse: ‘’Whoeverdistributedcreativegiftsdidnotintendyou to usethemdoingworklikethis… eitheryoustay home and becomemuckoryou pull out beforeit’stoo late’’

  16. Lookingfor a raingodexercise series

  17. sources • Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bessie_head http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Botswana_writers • Bessieheadheritage page http://www.bessiehead.org/biography/biography.htm • The Cardinals, BessieHead ISBN 0435909673 • Storiesfromaround the world, ISBN

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