VIPs come to Sainte-Marie's!

Three rugbymen came to Sainte-Marie on Wednesday 29th January, invited by three pupils from 3G for their radio project in English class. Their names are Uwa, Edward and George.

Ed and George come from Leicester in England; they play for the Leicester Rugby Club.

Uwa comes from Fidji and he plays for the ASM. Sometimes, for matches, he plays with the pros.

But there are a difference between Ed and Geoge and Uwa: Ed and George play rugby more like a hobby but Uwa sees rugby as his job.

They are very kind and friendly with a lot of humour. Thanks a lot, guys, for coming to Sainte-Marie! Keep in touch!

Article by Eva Sciauvaud.

Cry Freedom!

Steve Biko

Last week, in English class, we watched a film called Cry Freedom. It’s an English film by Richard Attenborough set in Kenya and England. It is about the journalist Donald Woods’ investigation into Steve Biko’s murder.

Our teacher chose this film because of the death of Mandela (on the 5^th of December 2013). Steve Biko, like Mandela, fought against apartheid.

Biko was a Black South African and a leading figure of the anti-apartheid struggle. The story takes place in South Africa just before the Soweto massacre which was a youth protest against the teaching in the Afrikaans language.

The police killed many young people and extracts of a documentary of the massacre can be seen at the end of the film. Donald Woods is a white journalist who met Steve Biko. This meeting opened his eyes to the real situation of the Blacks living in violence, poverty and segregation. After the murder of Biko, Woods tried to publish the real causes of the murder but he was censored. He and his family had to leave the country to ensure their safety and to be able to publish his book.

We loved this film because it’s very realistic and pays tribute to the people who fought apartheid.