Dear friend, I hope you’re enjoying your time in South Africa now. Maybe you’ve just arrived and did icebreakers at Monte Casino. Maybe you’re halfway through and you just landed
I am leaving Johannesburg tomorrow but below are some of the many things I will be taking with me.
On our tour of the Constitutional Court, the legendary Lwando Xaso noted that categorization was the death of thinking. So, in honor of her wise words, I’m placing everyone into
This post is going to be really sappy. Sorry in advance! I came to South Africa feeling awful about myself. I think so much went into the destruction of my
It’s the final night of the program – the exam is done, Onesies was last night, our group project is in despite some mild tension between the groups (the delirium
All the talent at The Onesies yesterday inspired me to make a third performance. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mixPuo6Wi6TU_kpfEJ79HEz6RErEJWr8/view?usp=sharing Onesie Flow – Lil ‘Suf feat. Big Ben Instrumental: Who Do You Love – YG
Everytime someone asks me what my favorite thing about South Africa is, I say it’s how everyone is so willing to engage. My entire time here, I have encountered so
If you were lucky enough to be present at Reviewball, you know that Sofia and I can read a poem aloud wonderfully. While I admit in the past we have
This past week I have felt increasingly homesick. I don’t remember when, but one day I was talking to Ben about feeling homesick. At first, I refused to admit it.
Asia, Watching you walk back into the room just now after you were finally supposed to get your glasses broke my heart. You’ve been so strong. You broke your glasses
My new worst nightmare has happened. And no, it’s not sleeping through a final or getting eaten by a lion. No, it is something much, MUCH worse. My new worst
Not even a week. Less than seven days separates us from our departures and marks our official goodbyes to Joburg, a city that has become a second home to us.
As the last week of the program roles around, just as Riley, new emotions swirl within me. I know that long after I arrive home, the souvenirs are unpacked, and
Our film day concluded on Wednesday evening with a beautiful sunset over a 3-hectare farm an hour from where we are staying. The euphoria of that moment and the kindness
