Molweni! Ninjani? Hello everyone! How are you all? Today our professors decided not to have class because we (the students) are "burnt out." During that time, ten of us took a journey to Greenmarket Square, where local artisans have booths and sell their wares. It was a wonderful experience on many different levels. While we were very obviously a group of Americans with googly eyes, it was not as if we were to be set apart and treated differently from any other people there (eg, locals). While it was undeniably their intent to sell us anything they could, the craftsmen and craftswomen were so interested in our lives, in how we were doing, and in who we are. They were not simply out to get our money for their wares; they found joy in simply interacting
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