Remember to check the Logistics Task for any updates and to ensure you are on schedule!

Training Goals:

1. Swahili (Arusha and Zanzibar volunteers)

John I think this week should be focused on Swahili. Start our base early and then we can follow up with weekly information and any assignment ideas you may have. I am going to introduce a few more things tenatively right now because I don't know what you want to do here but I can easly move them elsewhere.

2. Amandla! A Revolution in Four Part Harmony (South Africa volunteers)

Amandla! A Revolution in Four Part Harmony is a documentary by Lee Hirsch that features South African poets, musicians, and activits as they recall the struggle against Apartheid from the 1940's-1990's. The film depicts the important role of music, specifially "freedom songs", as a form of non-violent social protest against the oppressive, discriminatory regime that stripped black South African citizens of nearly every basic human right.

The documentary can be viewed for free on YouTube at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9BXqbxC9tA&feature=watch-now-button&wide=1

Or on Hulu at: http://www.hulu.com/watch/206701/amandla-a-revolution-in-four-part-harmony

Listen to this song: Tinariwen "Aman Iman" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YhynhACbRY. Enjoy!