b'Issue 17 The British School of AmsterdamBlack History MonthOctober 23 The Senior School marked Black History Month with a full programme ofevents that covered GCSE History pupils the entire month. went on a 4 day trip We started with African Art workshopsto Berlin to immerse for both staff and pupils, where we learnt to make Adinkra prints from Ghana. themselves in the Our printing was then assembled into giant Africanhistory of the Cold War bunting that was used to decorate the Globe. Next, we had our African Dance Workshop.and the Third Reich.Here staff and pupils learnt the Jerusalema dance together and performed it in the Globe.They had a full city walking tour, taking in sights Our Black History Month assemblies weresuch as the Brandenburg Gate, the site of the special with a fantastic musical performanceburning of the books, and Hitlers bunker. by the choir singing the anti-ApartheidPupils also had a moving visit to Sachsenhausen hit, (Something Inside) So Strong.Concentration Camp and the Stasi Prison. Finally, the month was topped off withThere were many museum visits including African history exhibitions from Year 9the Stasi Museum and the DDR Museum, and History pupils who exhibited their workpupils loved the murals on the remnants of on Mansa Musa, Njinga of Ndongo, and Yaathe Berlin Wall at the East Side Gallery. Along Asantewaa in the Globe for all to see. with a visit to the German Parliament, pupils had an action-packed 4 days, travelling all over Berlin, and making memories along the way.19'