BBC History Africa E17: Slavery and Salvation. 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 this episode, Zeinab Badawi visits Ghana and sees how momentum in the trans Atlantic slave trade led to competition for enslaved Africans between European nations who built numerous slave forts along West Africa’s Atlantic coast. She hears about the inhumane conditions in which slaves awaiting shipment were kept and how women were selected and subjected to rape by their captors. Also: what do African academics believe were the main reasons behind abolition and why did many Africans return to the continent such as to Liberia? And how were they received by local communities?

This episode includes resistance to slavery, including by African women; economic reasons for decline in slavery; slave revolts; Haiti; Samuel Ajayi Crowther; President Joseph Roberts; Liberia and the Kru; the end of the slave trade and its effect on Africa.

18 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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