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Published: February 4th 2009
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“I’m from the United States,” said the Black youth, surveying our reactions. I flinch at this introduction, considering our surroundings. I’m standing in Kliptown, a shantytown of sorts - a miniscule corner of Soweto just outside Johannesburg. I’m confused as to how an American teenager of any creed or culture could end up as one of the four million people living here.
“I’m from the United States of Africa,” he clarifies, and I smile at his clever turn of phrase. “South Africa is all of Africa - every country, every person, we all live in South Africa.”
This is it.
This is the moment when I know I have fully arrived in a new country.
This is South Africa.
From Johanesburg to Cape Town by bus, we have an entire country to discover in the next three weeks.
This is our second day.
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Auntie Marcia
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God I love travelling with you guys...
when you get home, will you keep blogging your 'travels'?.......you could make dishes and diapers an adventure for me....love you guys.