Posts from Cape Town, South Africa in Human Rights & Civil Liberties from 2019

AMANDLA! AWETU! GIO! GIO! Music is not taken for granted here. It goes beyond casual listening or something people can …

You know those walls with clocks from all over the world? I’ve always thought we needed one in my house. …

The movie “Catching Feelings” was complex and engaging. The main character, Max Matsane, was likable and unlikeable at the same …

This week I watched a South African advertisement that was pulled from TV, titled “Big John.” The advertisement was created …

In the hyper-connected world that we live in, it is difficult to contextualize the isolation that the apartheid brought.  However, …

This week I participated in the annual celebration of Mandela Day with some of my coworkers at SACTWU. Mandela Day, …

Though I anticipated to better understand the function of race, gender, privilege, and geography on this program, I certainly did …

You know, I don’t think I ever really considered how transformative climbing a mountain could be. I’ve climbed two of …

There is something about hiking up a mountain that makes conversations flow easier, laughter become louder and a hard boiled …

Here in South Africa, Nelson Mandela is viewed as a higher being. With all his contributions to this country, it …