Whoopi Goldberg stars in ‘Sarafina!’, being screened Friday in Iqaluit. (Photo courtesy of sarafina.co.za)
Movie on South Africa’s Soweto uprising to be screened Friday in Iqaluit
Black History Month event also aims to help high school students’ trip to South Africa
A free screening in Iqaluit of Sarafina!, a 1992 musical drama about the courageous efforts of South African students during the 1976 Soweto uprising in South Africa, is being hosted Friday by the African and Caribbean Association of Nunavut.
The film, starring Whoopi Goldberg, will be shown at 3:30 p.m. at the Astro Hill Theatre.
The event is being held in collaboration with Inuksuk High School’s committee organizing an educational tour called From North to South: Exploring South Africa.
The committee is fundraising for 30 students to participate in a trip to South Africa scheduled for April 8 to 23.
The trip is designed to foster understanding of South Africa’s history and the pivotal role young people played in transforming society under apartheid and its aftermath, Kabelo Mokoena, the association’s president, said in an email to Nunatsiaq News.
February is Black History Month.
This is obviously very important to students in Nunavut. They should spend more time learning about the history of South Africa, and less time learning about the forced relocations of Inuit families from Inukjuak and Pond Inlet to Grise Fiord, Resolute, and Craig Harbour. Less time learning about the resilience of the Inuit to learn the beluga migration routes to prevent starvation.
Less time learning about the relocation of Inuit from Kinngait and Pangnirtung to Dundas Harbour, Arctic Bay, Fort Ross, and Taloyoak.
Less time learning about the forced relocation of Ahiarmiut Inuit from Ennadai Lake to Nueltin Lake, Henik Lake, Whale Cove, Arviat, and Padlei.
And more time learning about South Africa.
I wonder how much the African and Caribbean Association of Nunavut knows about the history of Nunavut, and how much they plan to participate this June.
June is Indigenous month but Inuit are hardly the only indigenous. There are a lot of indigenous of different background including those from South Africa in Nunavut. All the points you mention is valid, and it should have been covered in school during Inuktitut lesson or “aula” in high school. But what have they been taught during this class? sewing and beading? while great, but this are hobbies, teach them the real Inuit history like what you said.
The Soweto uprising *is* important to students in Nunavut, and everywhere else in the world. The forced relocations are also very important for them to learn about, but what makes you think they can’t manage both, or that it’s necessarily their education about forced relocation that will be sacrificed? By your logic there is no room for Nunavut students to learn about any world events currently lacking from the curriculum in case it impairs their ability to focus solely on relocation. Is that really the only education you want NU graduates to have as they compete for jobs?
Ayobaness!
Read “Shake hands with the Devil” by Romeo Dallaire.
About Rwanda.😢