BBC History Africa 16: Slavery and Suffering. 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.

Much is known about enslaved Africans once they arrived in the Americas and Europe, but in this episode Zeinab Badawi looks at the impact on Africa itself of one of the most evil chapters in human history: the trans Atlantic slave trade. She travels to several countries to see how, where and why this trade began in Cabo Verde in 1510. She meets a man on the Senegalese island of Goree who for 35 years has been relating the story of slavery to thousands of visitors. And leading academics tackle the controversial subject of why some Africans helped sell their fellow Africans into slavery.

This episode includes history of slavery throughout Africa: East coast slavery; indigenous slavery; transatlantic slavery; Cabo Verde; Portugal; the Caribbean; sugar and cotton; Luanda; gold in Brazil; economic decline in slavery; mixing between Europeans and Africans; psychological legacy of slavery.

20 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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