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Two Januarys

As our trip winds down the last day in Johannesburg, it is difficult to believe that in less than 36 hours, our class will be landing right back where we started 22 days ago. Processing the idea of heading back to Elon is a difficult thing, as I and many of my classmates gear up […]
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Victim or Invisible: What’s Better?

by Meghan Leonard As we near the end of our journey in South Africa, I have been concentrating on inner-reflection on all of the cultural trends I have noticed. Through our class work, guest speakers and outside experiences, it is abundantly clear that the two groups facing the most obvious oppression are black South Africans and […]
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Unfreedom of the Press?

Alex Daigle A South African journalist named Jovial came to speak to our class and discuss with us some of the issues that journalists face now and have faced in the past in South Africa. Jovial explained that before 1994 and the end of apartheid, the media was largely controlled by the government, which had […]
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A Legacy to Last Until the End of Time

Blog #2 By: Jen Pash “May your choices reflect your hopes not your fears. “ Nelson Mandela is in my opinion one of the greatest leaders that the world has ever seen. His demeanor was one of a kind that only one could aspire to acquire in their lifetime. Throughout our entire trip we have […]
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Is Apartheid over? Will Apartheid ever be over?

Sydney Griffin Blog #2 1/25/15 Apartied was officially over after the year of 1994. However through the eyes of South Africa’s people the apartheid laws continue to leave a psychological scar on present day minds. As a psychology major I found this very intriguing. By casual conversation and experiences with locals, I have found that […]
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Print Behind the Bars of Apartheid

People persevere through hardships utilizing various outlets of expression. While in Cape Town we have been fortunate enough to hear from many survivors of prisons during apartheid and many of them have referenced the use of the written language to pull them through the immense and unimaginable plight through apartheid.          The written language has ancient […]
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Food comes full circle

During our time in Cape Town thus far, our class has scaled Table Mountain, improvised skits for the creator of a one-man-show, endured our quirky tour guide Zinzele’s calls to “just feel” the things we see, and attracted quite a lot of sun(burn). The trip has been an incredible adventure so far, but with that […]
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Writing Off South Africa’s Truth

How the Apartheid Government Set Out to Write Off People’s Plights and Suppress the News by Alex Daigle Meghan Leonard’s post discussing the communications of political prisoners is a testament to how difficult it was for dissenters and protesters to have their voice heard in apartheid society. Political prisoners were not only victims of an […]
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Home is Wherever I’m With You : A Reflection on South African Communities

Posted by : Jen Pash “The good we secure for ourselves is precarious and uncertain until it is secured for all of us and incorpoorated into our common life.” Jane- Adaams Reflection on Communities  The community is an important part of South African’s lives. It is in communities where one can find a unique and […]
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The People vs. the Media: What is more important?

Posted by: Sydney Griffin As far as media is concerned, and through group research, we have determined that race and gender is easily misrepresented by the media in South Africa. The majority of reading content and advertisements in most popular magazines displays more white men and women than other ethnicities. Other ethnicities are rarely represented […]
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