Based on your understanding of the passage given below, complete the statements that follow by ticking the correct options.
Chief Joyi railed against the white man, who he believed had deliberately sundered the Xhosa tribe, dividing brother from brother. The white man had told the Thembus that their true chief was the great white queen across the ocean and that they were her subjects. But the white queen brought nothing but misery and perfidy to the black people, and if she was a chief she was an evil chief.
Chief Joyi's war stories and his indictment of the British made me feel angry and cheated, as though I had already been robbed of my own birthright. Chief Joyi said that the African people lived in relative peace until the coming of the abelungu, the white people, who arrived from across the sea with fire-breathing weapons. Once, he said, the Thembu, the Mpondo, the Xhosa, and the Zulu were all children of one father, and lived as brothers.
The white man shattered the abantu, the fellowship, of the various tribes. The white man was hungry and greedy for land, and the black man shared the land with him as they shared the air and water; the land was not for man to possess. But the white man took the land as you might seize another man's horse.
I did not yet know that the real history of our country was not to be found in standard British textbooks, which claimed South Africa began with the landing of Jan Van Riebeeck at the Cape of Good Hope in 1652. It was from Chief Joyi that I began to discover that the history of the Bantu-speaking peoples began far to the north, in a country of lakes and green plains and valleys, and that slowly over the millennia we made our way down to the very tip of this great continent.
However, I later discovered that Chief Joyi's account of African history, particularly after 1652, was not always so accurate.
Complete the sentences given below with the correct option.
1. Chief Joyi was angry with the white people as they had ……………
a) brought a white queen to rule over their tribe b) caused a rift between the people of their tribe. c) given the Thembus a true white chief. d) taken the Thembus across the ocean to meet their queen.
2. The word abelungu refers to …………………..
a) the African people b) the great white queen c) the white people d) the people of Chief Joyi's tribe
3. The word abantu refers to ……………………….
a) the fire-breathing weapons of the white men b) the name of a tribe in Africa. c) the chief of the Xhosa tribe d) the friendship of the various tribes
4. The white people came to Africa as they wanted ………….
a) land b) weapons c) horses d) people to rule over
5. The British did not study the history of the African tribes as ………..
a) they felt the real history of South Africa began with the landing of Jan Van Riebeeck at the Cape of Good Hope in 1652.
b) they thought the account of African history given by the African people was not always so accurate.
c) they did not consider the African people important enough to study their history.
d) they did not know of the lakes and green plains and valleys that the Bantu-speaking peoples came from.
Answers
Answer:
Explanation:
1. b) caused a rift between the people of their tribe.
2. c) the white people
3. d) the friendship of the various tribes
4. a) land
5. c) they did not consider African people important enough to study their history.
Answer:
1. b) caused a rift between the people of their tribe.
2. c) the white people
3. d) the friendship of the various tribes
4. a) land
5. c) they did not consider African people important enough to study their history.
Explanation:
Chief Joyi railed towards the white guy, who he believed had intentionally sundered the Xhosa tribe, dividing brother from brother. The white guy had instructed the Thembus that their proper leader changed into the splendid white queen throughout the sea and they had been her subjects. But the white queen added not anything however distress and perfidy to the black human beings, and if she changed into a main she changed into an evil leader.
Chief Joyi's strugglefare tales and his indictment of the British made me sense indignant and cheated, as aleven though I had already been robbed of my very own birthright. Chief Joyi stated that the African human beings lived in relative peace till the approaching of the abelungu, the white human beings, who arrived from throughout the ocean with fire-respiration weapons.
I did now no longer but recognise that the actual records of our united states of america changed into now no longer to be observed in preferred British textbooks, which claimed South Africa started out with the touchdown of Jan Van Riebeeck on the Cape of Good Hope in 1652.
It changed into from Chief Joyi that I started out to find out that the records of the Bantu-speakme peoples started out a ways to the north, in a rustic of lakes and inexperienced plains and valleys, and that slowly over the millennia we made our manner right all the way down to the very tip of this splendid continent.
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