Capetown: Week 3 in South Africa
After 3 long days in the bus, including a 2.5 hour-long delay due to engine issues, we rolled into Capetown. As an exhausted and grateful bunch, we unpacked the bus, dragging our suitcases up 3 flights of stairs to our new home for the next 10 days. Many of us feel refreshed with the beach....
South Africa: examining criminal justice
5 June, 2019 This is a short post, but it was a heavy day: At a place in Johannesburg called Constitution Hill, we learned about the history of criminal justice through the Number Four prison and Women鈥檚 Jail. They were open during the majority of the 20th century, a reflection of apartheid, as they forcibly....
South Africa: understanding the Boer narrative
What we鈥檝e experienced, which has provoked much thought and emotion, are the many ways in which one history can be told. In the last blog post, we focused on the how the oppressed experienced apartheid, which, on this cross-cultural, is intentionally what we鈥檙e choosing to focus on聽first. In this blog post, we will elaborate on....
South Africa: Soweto
Bumping along in our small, faulty-but-still-chugging bus driven by Baba, with mini Table Mountains lining the landscape of our three-day trip from Joburg to Capetown, we compile this blog, attempting to blend together these many thoughts from the past week. We鈥檝e decided as a group to release this first week of learning over the course....