The Arctic African

Why a West African boy ran away from his village in Togo to live in the Arctic in the 1960s.

An African in Greenland


Before watching


1. When you were a child, which countries did you dream about visiting?
2. Where is Greenland?
3. Why do you think a West African boy might become interested in Greenland?
4. Do you think the people in Greenland would have welcomed him?

Vocab:

Convalescence - recovery from illness or injury
Missionary - a person sent to a foreign country to share their religion
Obsessed (adj) - unable to stop thinking about or doing something
to weep - cry
host - person who receives visitors
Seal - my favourite animal:


Climate - the type of weather generally
polar (adj)  from "pole" - The North Pole, and South Pole
Slavery - people forced to work for no payment



Colonisation - when one country takes land in another country for itself.




1. A journey of _________
2. ______ worshipers
3. They wanted him to become a _____ of the snake worshipers
4. He found a book on Eskimos is a missionary ________
5. He became ________ with Eskimos
6. He ran away from Togo when he was ___
7. In the North he saw Eskimos living _______ to their traditions
8. He didn't _________ the food at all
9. Slowly he became __________ to the way of life
10. He went back to Africa to ____________