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58 heritage for peace and reconciliation | manual for teacherContentscountrymen. What is happening now is what you came to do ... you are going todie, but that is what you came to do. Brothers, we are drilling the death drill. I,a Xhosa, say you are my brothers ... Swazis, Pondos, Basotho ... so let us die likebrothers. We are the sons of Africa. Raise your war-cries, brothers, for though theymade us leave our assegais in the kraal, our voices are left with our bodies. Let usdie like brothers.’The terrible moments of the sinking were described by a survivor. ‘I hear the warninghoots of our steamer and, standing on the deck, I see two boats being lowered intothe sea alongside. I feel the heavy list of the ship as the water begins to fill her, and sheturns slowly on her side, so that we cannot stand on the deck. I hear the shout, “Alloverboard! She’s sinking!” and every man who can do so jumps …’The wreck of the Mendi, which rests upright on the sea bed about 11 nautical milessouth-west of St Catherine’s Point on the Isle of Wight, is an important physicalreminder of this event and of the wider story of the service of black South Africansand labourers from many other countries in the First World War. The wreck was firstidentified in 1974.I like underwater cultural heritage because it preservesancient ruins. It is nice to know about the past; howthey lived, dressed and how they thought. How wouldwe know these things if there was no history left?Kyle, Italy, 12‘Hopeful’ storiespa Pedagogical approachThe value of remembrance and heritage education is greatly increased if attention ispaid to stories of hope. Although people have waged war throughout history, peoplehave also been making peace throughout history. For example, the Universal Declarationof Human Rights, established on 10 December 1948, after the suffering of bothWorld Wars, is a milestone in history. It remains a crucial reference framework forevaluating and condemning present-day crimes against humanity.

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