Author: lanegeta

  This past week, we spent several days in Grahamstown and the surrounding area. We had the opportunity to stay in student residences at Rhodes University, engage with intellectual leaders, and visit historical sites. Our experiences in Grahamstown demonstrated that this city—and the Eastern Cape holistically—has a rich past of activism and resistance. An essential […]

by Abby Slack, Katie Page, Lilia Escobar We spent Tuesday and Wednesday in Nelson Mandela Bay/Port Elizabeth. The city is important in South African history as many leaders of the apartheid came from the area. Through speakers and walking the Donkin Trail, we learned about how the city is working to commemorate these important leaders. […]

After days of hearing about poverty and racial inequality, our group was welcomed to the Waterfront Rotary meeting at a gorgeous green golf course in the shadow of the 2010 World Cup Stadium. Our expectations were of wealthy, white business people discussing small ”charitable” projects that please their own sense of duty to do good […]

Close your eyes. Imagine your home. Whatever that means to you. Your pets, your favorite book on its shelf, your neighbors, your school, Sunday dinners with your family. And now imagine all of that being taken from you. This is the reality for the 4 million+ people between 1960-1983 who were forced to move out […]

  It was past midnight when we finally arrived in South Africa.  Despite our jet lag and discomfort, we were excited to listen and to learn about the social realities of this country.  Driving from the airport to our guesthouse, we observed dimly lit houses made of scrap metals and cinder blocks on one side […]