This will be a brief post because its 7 am here and I have to get ready for class soon... Yesterday was our first day of classes. We are doing our first three days with the Direct Action Center for Peace and Memory (http://www.dacpm.org.za/). Its an organization founded by a former member of the Umkhonto We Sizwe- the military wing of the African National Congress.
The main guy, Yazir, is freakin intense as hell. The last time I was here we spent a day with him, and all I remember from then was everyone crying and being questioned. He's quite good at making everyone uncomfortable. It was honestly not an enjoyable experience for me before, so I was kind of dreading these first few days. However, I went in with an open mind this time....so I'm doing slightly better. Its still really hard not to have strong emotional reactions to everything that is going on around us.
We spent yesterday doing introductions, and then touring around the main core of the city and the original peripheries. Today we are doing the tour of rememberance, which is journeys around the city and to the townships to visit sights where people lost their lives in the peace struggle. I'm bringing tissues again...
Anyway, I'm off to go shower and get ready for the day!
P.S. Dad and Lillian: the first aid kit/medicine kit thing that you guys gave me is making me quite a popular girl around here....
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