The American and South African education systems have a lot of differences - both strengths and weaknesses. Having received an education from South Africa all my life, my familiarity with the intricate shortcomings of my country’s education system has often made me oblivious to the comparative struggles of education systems in other parts of the world.…Read more
My visit to the African American History Museum was filled with many different emotions. As a young history student in my earlier days, I had privilege of learning a significant amount about the Civil Rights Movement but the familiarity of the names,…Read more
The past two weeks have been the most enlightening for me in a number of different ways. Being in a professional environment with a non-profit organization that is so heavily involved in the political sphere, I was thrown into the pool of summer interns who come to Washington DC,…Read more
Generational trauma is a seldom discussed topic in South Africa, despite the fact that it is one of the pervasive phenomena in our post-apartheid society. Even though the discriminatory laws of the past have been repealed for over 23 years,…Read more
Many heterogeneous societies have already established the foundations for accepting and celebrating heterogeneous communities. Our Constitutions are one step in the direction towards this ideal. The rest of the work can be achieved through a shift in the way we perceive “difference”…Read more
Recently, we had a deeply moving session called “Mapping Your Community”. The discussion was about where we all come from and the communities we choose to associate ourselves with. As someone who has been on the move and then lived in a residence for a large part of my life,…Read more