Who is My Authentic Self? PublishedJuly 01, 2019 by Ysanne Spence I am astounded at the complexity of my interactions with each person I meet here. I feel as though every … Read more
Where are you really from? PublishedJune 21, 2019 by Shreyas Gupta I was born in post-apartheid South Africa and moved to the US within months of 9/11. My childhood adventures in … Read more
Stop Telling Women to Smile PublishedJuly 16, 2018 by Olivia McAuliffe One of the first things I noticed when I walked into my supervisor’s office at Sonke was a poster on … Read more
The Fourth and Fifth of July PublishedJuly 13, 2018 by Lily Koning The Fourth of July In Cape Town, the fourth of July came and went without much fanfare or notice. We … Read more
What’s in a word? How about a phrase? PublishedJuly 03, 2018 by Chiara Settineri Growing up in a household where three different languages were consistently being tossed back and forth, I’ve always been keenly … Read more
Week 3 – What does it feel like to be white? PublishedJuly 03, 2018 by Sheridan Wilbur “Truth always rests with the minority… because the minority is generally formed by those who really have an opinion, while … Read more
A Benediction of Discomfort PublishedJuly 03, 2018 by Lily Koning Last weekend, our group visited Peter Storey, a former bishop in the Methodist Church. We sat in a circle in … Read more
Single Stories PublishedJune 25, 2018 by Lily Koning On one of our last nights in Johannesburg, we made a startling discovery: it is exceedingly difficult to find ice … Read more
Remembrance and Forgetting PublishedJune 18, 2018 by Lily Koning On our second day in Johannesburg, our group visited the Hector Pieterson Museum, which commemorates students’ role in Soweto protests … Read more
But where am I REALLY from? PublishedJuly 10, 2017 by Victoria Wang I’ve been forced to confront my identity here on a daily basis. From men on the street who yell “ni … Read more