BBC History Africa 20: Resistance & Liberation. Video worksheets, differentiated

The outstanding BBC News History “Africa” series follows and draws on the UNESCO General History of Africa, with extensive interviews with African academics, witnesses, and stakeholders.

In the 20th episode Zeinab Badawi makes a huge and broad sweep across Africa examining the struggle for freedom, even in the face of bloody crackdowns: a veteran Mau Mau fighter in Kenya, a member of the resistance in Algeria’s brutal war of independence, from one African president whose ancestor fought the French and from the grandson of the Mahdi who defeated Britain’s General Gordon. And she talks about that heady time of independence with the families of three of Africa’s best known independence leaders: Ghana’s Kwame Nkrumah, Congo’s Patrice Lumuba and Senegal’s Leopold Senghor as well as the son of the legendary Nigerian singer Fela Kuti.

This episode includes an overview of independence movements throughout Africa: colonialism; nationalist and religious resistance; Sudan, Gordon, and the Battle of Omdurman; Haile Selassie; Ethiopia; Germany; Buganda; the Kong Empire; the USA; Fela Kuti; 1960; the Cold War; Lumumba; legacy of colonialism.

21 questions for the 45-minute film. Differentiated! Both versions look very similar, but “B” version has subtle clues. Questions right up to the end, no slack time! Creates a great intro / revision / summary resource. Answer sheet. Very easy to mark. .doc & .pdf for all files.

Treat yourself to the bundle of episodes 16 – 20 here

https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12615952

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