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Journey to Jo'burg: A South African Story
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| Part No: | 0064402371 |
| Manufacturer: | HarperCollins |
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| Customer Rating: | 3.5 / 5.0 |
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- ISBN13: 9780064402378
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If only Mma was here, Naledi wished over and over. . . Mma lives and works in Johannesburg, far from the village thirteen-year-old Naledi and her younger brother, Tiro, call home. When their baby sister suddenly becomes very sick, Naledi and Tiro know, deep down, that only one person can save her. Bravely, alone, they set off on a journey to find Mma and bring her back. It isn't until they reach the city that they come to understand the dangers of their country, and the painful struggle for freedom and dignity that is taking place all around them.
| Original entertainment | 2010-05-07 | 4 / 5 |
| | Overall the book was great. It was a well written story and it sends a very important message to its readers that I hope use it to make sound decision in their lives. It's a good example of what one can accomplish with determination. |
| Journey to Jo'Burg | 2009-03-30 | 3 / 5 |
| Naidoo, B. (1986). Journey to Jo'Burg: A South African Story. New York: HarperTrophy.
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Set in historical South Africa during the time of apartheid, Naledi and her brother Tiro worry about their sick younger sister. Certain that their sister needs a doctor, they decide to disobey their grandmother's wishes and leave their small town to journey to Johannesburg where their mother works as a servant to get her help.
While on their journey the children are helped by several other black people along the way, but are cautioned about the rules of apartheid that are strictly enforced in the city. They also are exposed to the class and power relations and learn of the hope and rebellions for social change, most notably the Soweto Uprising of 1976.
While the narrative is both short and fast-paced there are some plot holes. For example, at the very beginning of the story, Naledi and Tiro decide that because they would get in trouble for asking for money to pay for a telegram, they should walk to Johannesburg, a city over 300 kilometers away. Now call me crazy, this could be my own cultural background speaking, but wouldn't Grandma be a little more upset that you go on a journey to a strange and dangerous city without help or money than ask for some money to send a telegram? Maybe it's just me. I don't know.
Published during the height of Apartheid in the mid-1980s, this book was banned in South Africa until 1990. This would be a wonderful book to use to help students think globally about issues of power and class. It could also be the basis for doing a comparison between Apartheid and segregation in the U.S.
Activities to do with the book:
In a social studies or history class, Journey to Jo'Burg could be used to compare and contrast the history of South Africa with that of the U.S.A. Similar themes include class divisions by race, segregation and apartheid, police abuse and brutality, the fight for civil rights, protests, etc. It could specifically trigger a lesson on protests like the Soweto Uprising, in which students protested the structurally racist and oppressive education system and were killed.
Favorite Quotes:
"Naledi and Tiro were worried. Their baby sister, Dineo was ill, very ill" (p. 1).
"Why shouldn't we use the bus? When our buses are full, their buses are half empty. Don't you be sorry!" (p. 26).
"All those lesson on writing letters...for jobs as servants...always writing how good they were at cooking, cleaning, washing, gardening...always ending with "Yours obediently."
Naledi had never thought about it before tonight, but never, never, had she written about wanting to be...say, a doctor. Yes, that's what she'd like to be. Image how useful it would be if she became a doctor, especially in their own village. She could even look after her own family." (p. 72)
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| it was shipped fast and in really good condition. | 2008-04-05 | 5 / 5 |
| | i was impressed by how fast i recieved my book. i needed it for a class and it was a last minute order so i appreciate the sellers promptness. the book was also in great condition. |
| Five Star Book Report | 2008-03-24 | 5 / 5 |
| | THE GENRE OF THIS BOOK IS BIOGRATHY. THE THEME OF THIS BOOK IS ABOUT A GIRL AND A BOY, NAME NALEDI AND HER BROTHER TIRO. HOWEVER NALEDI AND DIENO WENT TO THE OTHER SIDE OF TOWN. WHILE THEY WERE ON THERE WAY, THEY RAN INTO SOME TROBLE. WHY THEY WERE IN TROBLE BECAUSE THEY SAW WHITE MAN AND THEY CAN BE ASSESTED JUST WHEN YOU ARE ALONE. BEFORE THEY FOUND THERE MOM. EVERYONE WHO WAS WHITE CALLED THE BLACKS DUSTBINS. WHEN EVERYONE WHO WAS WHITE THEY KILLED EVERYONE EVEN CHILDREN. ONCE YOU SEE THE PERSON THE NEXT SEC THEY WERE DIED. THE SETTING OF THIS BOOK IS IN SOUTH AFRICAN. THE PROBLEM OF THE STORY IS TRYING TO GET MEDICAN TO THERE LITTLE SITTER DINEO AND TO HELP HER TO FEEL BETTER AND NOT DIE. WHEN THEY WERE GOING TO SEE THERE MOTHER, THEY MEET A WHITE WOMAN AND SHE WAS NICE TO THEM. ALSO SHE SHOWED THEM WHERE THERE MOTHER WAS. IN THE BEGIN OF THE STORY, IN CHAPTER THEER THEY MEET A LITTLE FARMER BOY WHO HELP THEM TO GET SOME ORANGES. THE FARM BOY SAID IF HIS OWNER FOUND OUT HE WAS GIVEING AWAY HIS ORANGES HE WILL KILL HIM AND THE PEOPLE HE GAVED TOO. AFTER THEY HIND THE ORANGES PEALINGS FARM BOY GAVED THEM THE WAY TO FIND THE TOWN. IN CHAPTER EIGHT THEY WERE AT THE TRAIN STAITION. THEY SAW A BLACK MAN AND THE POLICE CAME AND THE BLACK MAN DID NOT HAVE A TICKIT. OUR LIKES AND DISLIKE ARE. OUR LIKES ARE WHEN THE KIDS WENT TO THE TOWN AND FOUND THERE MOM. ON THE OTHER HAND THEY FOUND THE MEDICAN AND WENT BACK HOME. OUR DISLIKED WAS WHEN THE WHITE SOLDIERS WERE KILLING PEOPLE WHO WERE IN THERE WAY EVEN BLACK PEOPLE THE MOST. SOME OF THEM WERE KILLING WOMANS AND CHILDREN. WE CANT TELL YOU THE END OF THE STORY, BUT IF YOU WANT TO FIND OUT WANT HAPPENS YOU NEED TO READ THE BOOK OF jOUNEY TO jO'BURG. |
| Short and Powerful | 2008-03-11 | 5 / 5 |
| | I read this book a few years when I was in 4th grade. At first, I thought it would be boring, because it was so short. However, I was completely surprised. The book moved quickly and taught me about the injustices of Apartheid. |
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