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17 Cards in this Set
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Forced labour |
Men are at risk for unskilled labour Victims are forced to work against their own will under a threat Child labor is where work of any form interferes with their education |
Regile, Taiba, Aires |
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Background |
Many abandoned mines Security companies paid to keep zama zamas out. Syndicates promise them a lot of money, but they get little Young boys fall victim |
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Zama zama |
Illegal miner Dangerous conditions, limited resources Die due to mining accident due to lack of safety measures Spend more time underground than allowed Young children |
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Setting |
Modern day SA in a gold mine in Barberton,mpumalanga Mine has closed because of cost of running time Syndicate running the mine Given a limited view of the surrounding due to narrator, regile. |
First person narrator. |
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Conflict (inner) |
Regile doesn't know if he should be harsh or cruel and not respond to their emotions because he knows how hard life is for them |
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Conflict (outer) |
Physical abuse from Faceman and Papa Mavuso, who use fear and punishment to keep the recruits in line |
Faceman killed Januario |
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Symbols (light and darkness) |
Light symbolises all that bring comfort, security and a sense of openness as opossed to the heat, darkness, discomfort, and the danger of the underworld Regile dreams of light, because he dreams of being free Darkness represents the forces of evil |
Dreaming of light: dreaming of being free, having comfort and security. |
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Regile Dlamini |
18 year old boy, been working as a zama since 14 Firts 2 years he hoped for a better life, but faded soon and didn't receive payment for working in the mine Has a paid salary and keeps the recruits in line Can take money back to Swaziland to show mother of his good job, but returns because it's all he knows |
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Katekani |
Uses sticks Papa Mavuso daughter |
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Taiba Nhaca |
13/14 years old Trafficked from Mozambique with friend Aires to do a man's work for good pay(lie) He never loses hope under his circumstances. Brave because he provokes Faceman into ataacking him instead of Aires. |
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Papa mavuso |
Chief antagonist who traffics boys to SA Keeps them under lock and feeds them poor food Uses Faceman to oversee work Uses them as a source of income
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Faceman |
Cruel overseer Can't control temper and physically abuses and mentally degrades them. Once a boy zama zama |
Killed Januario |
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Juvenal and Moreira |
Foreigners, mozambicans Juvenal kinder to boys |
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Spike maphosa |
Has a foundation to help young boys who find themselves caught up in illegal mining operations Once a zama zama He is compassionate and cares about others |
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Aires |
Taiba's friend Small for age and trust Taiba Not strong enough to do the required work and is hidden for quite a time by Aires Injured his leg during rockfall |
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Chapter 1 |
Regile talks to Taiba, a mozambican boy that works under him. Taiba raises a number of questions that trouble regile, including one's of spike maphosa |
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Chapter 2 |
Taiba faces Faceman, the brutal overseer, into giving him another beating. He does this to protect his friend Aires who is unable to work. |
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