When the sun had set, and the Obama’s settled into the White House, Van and I walk up the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. Here, we record our experience of the event and our stay in Washington as a black and a perceived white girl/ American and non American person. 1.20.09.
The born free generation
South Africa’s born free generation is the generation that came of age after 1990, they have never never known apartheid and as such are born free. I googled “born free generation” and up came a lot of articles and studies about this generation: they do not understand the past, they do not appreciate their parents [...]
Speaking 2B Free during the apartheid era
Africa is ours Africa day is ours This continent is ours The only continent in the world That is shaped like a question mark (Mzwakhe Mbuli) I feel kind of weird writing about apartheid because I cannot be objective (I don’t want be objective) about it and I also know from experience that people really [...]
