Why are you here? PublishedJune 25, 2017 by Lauren Anders DukeEngage was one of the primary reasons I applied to Duke. I participated in a similar program in high school … Read more
African in South Africa PublishedJune 18, 2017 by Mumbi Kanyogo 1. I am aware that suffering and the resulting struggle build whole nations, historical connections, unbreakable bonds. I imagine the … Read more
It’s Complicated PublishedJune 18, 2017 by Lenae Ryan People are complex. Everyone is as complex as you. You know those fun times where you have weird thoughts that … Read more
The Stories We Tell PublishedJune 18, 2017 by Janie Booth We are all made of stories. Here, with an ocean and a continent between me and home, stories are what … Read more
Never Forget PublishedJune 12, 2017 by Lauren Anders “You don’t know anything about your own people.” My mind is blank. What just happened? One hour before this exchange … Read more
Small Victories PublishedJune 11, 2017 by Victoria Wang For the first half of our first week at the Women’s Legal Centre, we dealt with such abstract and sweeping … Read more
Your morality will not save a sex worker. PublishedJune 11, 2017 by Mumbi Kanyogo 1. When you were six years old your mother let you wear perfume for the first time. You were elated, … Read more
Stormy Weather PublishedJune 11, 2017 by Janie Booth The rains pounded on the windows and the wind shook the doors all night. The storm was one of biblical … Read more
A Flaw In Our Humanity PublishedJune 11, 2017 by Kristina Smith “Justice happens not when you know more, but when you feel more.” – Peter Storey Justice is all about feeling. … Read more
Problematizing Post-Coloniality And Imagining De-Colonialism PublishedJune 04, 2017 by Mumbai Kanyogo Sawubona from South Africa! We spent our first week in Johannesburg going to various monuments, townships and museums, in order … Read more