Looking into the Eyes of my DukeEngage Community
Published by Briana Kleiner
“The eyes are the window to your soul.” — William Shakespeare I was fortunate to have a recent conversation with …
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Who Gets to Be “African”?
Published by Ashleigh Smith
Being an African American woman, I knew coming to South Africa would be a different experience for me. In my …
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Sexual Orientation in South Africa
Published by Elizabeth Finny
It’s very easy to get caught up in race relations in South Africa, and very rightly so. Racial discrimination is …
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Week 3: Dragons Are Real
Published by AthinaVrosgou
One of my students told me on Friday: “Now that Dragon Boat Festival is over, summer is finally here.” WHAT?? …
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Complicating History
Published by Mikhal Kidane
It is difficult to write on South Africa with any cohesion, because as I have talked and talked through some …
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Issues With Single Narratives
Published by Lenae Ryan
Nuances. If I had to pick one word to summarize my experience and thoughts from our first week in South …
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Are We One?
Published by Kristina Smith
I feel it is appropriate that the title of this blog entry is a question, because my first week of …
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