“I’m Sorry,” and All That Paperwork Can’t Say PublishedOctober 25, 2024 by Sarah Konrad For her oral story about her experience working with the Refugee Rights Unit at the University of Cape Town … Read more
What We Owe to One Another: Collective Responsibility in Cape Town PublishedSeptember 01, 2022 by Brinda Raghavendra Back in February of this year, we were in the interview stage of our DukeEngage journeys. Here, our professor posed … Read more
Contextualizing South Africa’s Complex Society PublishedJuly 08, 2021 by Rifah Nanjiba This past week (Jun 21), I have been working on accumulating resources for the launch of a new sexual and … Read more
Immersing Myself in South African Culture PublishedJuly 08, 2021 by Rifah Nanjiba Throughout the past few weeks, I have been focused on my internship placement with Fugee Assist where I am compiling … Read more
First Week With UpLearn PublishedJune 04, 2020 by Lana Gesinsky I’ve had a very positive first week with UpLearn and greatly look forward to the rest of the summer. UpLearn, … Read more
Musical Activism & Political Mobilization PublishedJuly 25, 2019 by Andrew Zheng AMANDLA! AWETU! GIO! GIO! Music is not taken for granted here. It goes beyond casual listening or something people can … Read more
Wall of Clocks PublishedJuly 25, 2019 by Shreyas Gupta You know those walls with clocks from all over the world? I’ve always thought we needed one in my house. … Read more
Thoughts on the South African Film “Catching Feelings” PublishedJuly 24, 2019 by Zara Porter The movie “Catching Feelings” was complex and engaging. The main character, Max Matsane, was likable and unlikeable at the same … Read more
South African Chicken Chain, “Chicken Licken” Gets Political PublishedJuly 24, 2019 by Madeleine Scully This week I watched a South African advertisement that was pulled from TV, titled “Big John.” The advertisement was created … Read more
Searching for Sugarman PublishedJuly 23, 2019 by Bennett Burnes In the hyper-connected world that we live in, it is difficult to contextualize the isolation that the apartheid brought. However, … Read more