Referat af goodbye bafana

Camilla Malika Zwicki 9.C Referat af ‘’goodbye bafana’’

James Gregory is a male Caucasian. He lives in a South African farm, and is friends with a black boy, Bafana. Both children communicate in the local language, and James even poses in a photograph with his arm around Bafana. James eventually has to relocate to live in the city. Years later, James gets, who works for the Government, married with Gloria. Gloria has taught, her children, Brett and Natasha, that the suffering of the native blacks is ‘’God’s Will’’. James got picked to be a prison censorship officer, because of his ability to talk Xhosa, and he is instructed to monitor and censor all information and meetings of all inmates, especially Nelson Mandela. James conversates with Nelson and even finds out his real name is Madiba. When Winnie comes to visit Nelson, James has to monitor the conversation along with another guard, and interrupts them when he finds out that they are talking about politics. James also finds out that Nelson's son has acquired a driver's license, and he reports this to his supervisor. Shortly thereafter, he is told to hand over a newspaper report that Nelson's son has been killed in a car accident. While talking with another guard, James is told that the 'Freedom Charter' is the 'extermination of whites'. James sets forth to examine this document, and finds out that it is banned and special authorization is required to even view this document. He does manage to obtain a copy and keeps it on him. While James continues his conversation with Nelson, both men come close to almost being friends. It is then Nelson asks James to give Winnie a piece of chocolate as a Christmas present during her visit to see him. James secretly hands this over. James is then asked to accompany Nelson to another prison, which he does. Amongst mounting international pressure to free Nelson. James’ family starts to receive threatening phone calls, and their movements are closely watched by the secret service, a visibly shaken James receives news that Brett has been killed in a car accident. He must now attempt to find out if this action was carried by his superiors, the members of the African National Congress, or was it just plain natural justice for betraying Nelson's son. Nelson eventually gets released, because of the pressure from the citizens, and comes to be the first black South african president