study guide

Matching  

Mrs. Ndlela- a woman in Sophiatown who makes Absalom leave because of his friends  

Mrs. Lithebe- a woman in Johannesburg who houses Kumalo, and then Gertrude and her son 

Mrs. Mkize- a woman in Alexandra who houses Absalom and his stolen things  

Mary Jarvis- Arthur’s wife 

Maragaret Jarvis- Arthur’s mother, and she dies at the end of the book  

Mr. Carmichael- the lawyer Father Vincent procures for Absalom 

John Harrison- Arthur’s brother-in-law who shares his opinions about the natives 

Napoleon Letsitsi- Agricultural demonstrator sent to Ndotsheni by Jarvis 

Kuluse- Zulu man in Ndotsheni whose baby is dying for lack of milk 

Johannes Pafuri- present with Matthew and Absalom at Arthur’s murder, isn’t called guilty at the trial 

Hlbanei- the taxi driver in Alexandra who steals things with Absalom  

Van Jarrsveld- Afrikaans policeman who informs Jarvis of Arthur’s murder 

Sir Oppenheimer- white man involved in government and development of the mines  

Richard Mpiring- Arthur’s houseboy who is wounded in the events that lead to Arthur’s death 

Dubula- Native African who organizes the bus boycott and Shantytown’s construction  

Fill in the Blank (Background of the book) 

Inkosi- means chief or master  

Tixo- a Xosa word meaning Great Spirit 

Blood River- 1838, battle of the blood river, 464 boers defeated more than 10,000 Zulu, 3,000 Zulu are killed and there are few Boer losses, boers are determined to keep separate from British and Africans, stay in Dutch reform Church 

Umnunzana- means sir 

Unfundisi- means parson but is also used as a title and used with respect  

Transvaal- one of the two Boer Republics, in 1886 diamonds and gold are discovered here  

Nelson Mandela- head of ANC- African national congress, jailed in 1963 because ANC is banned. 1990: the ban went away, and Mandela is freed, 1993: Mandela wins the Nobel peace prize along with F.W. de Klerk (National Party President), 1994: Mandela is elected president of South Africa  

Sharpeville- 1960: Sharpeville police shot into demonstrators against pass laws, 69 unarmed people killed, state of emergency declared; held for 90 days, more than 22,000 arrested 1963: Nelson Mandela-head of ANC-is jailed  

Soweto- children demonstrate against use of the Dutch derived Afrikaans language in school and they get gunned down. Riots around the country which leads to a death toll of 1,500 + 20,000 people imprisoned. Governments around the world try to help South Africa. 

Pretoria- A city founded by Voortrekkers Piet Retief and Gret Maritiz. Capital of the Union of South Africa. (It was in the back of the book ava, nice try wasn’t me who typed that)