Interactions
Posted June 1, 2017
To be frank, a large chunk of our South African experience was constricted to a very Western culture and style of living in South...Category: Identity
Racism in Post-Apartheid South Africa
Posted May 10, 2017
In 1994, South Africa officially ended apartheid, a period of segregation, violence, and discrimination on the basis of race. It is what Mandela and...
Spring break in Cape Town
Posted April 7, 2017
I came to Stellenbosch without taking any class on South African history, politics or culture, so the only things I knew were of the...
Being Asian-American in South Africa
Posted April 2, 2017
Before I came to South Africa, I assumed that I would experience at least a few uncomfortable moments due to my race. I surmised...
Pre-Departure Thoughts
Posted March 31, 2017
Within the past couple of months, it has been made clear that I am called into international Christian missions work. This is definitely not the...
Sundays were the Highlight
Posted June 29, 2016
Every Sunday we were in Stellenbosch, Anna (a fellow program member) and I tried to attend church. We did for the most part. We...
I’m Mexi-Can’t wait to get going
Posted June 20, 2016
My name is Esai Orozco and I am a rising Senior at Northwestern studying Biological Sciences. This Summer ’16 I will be abroad in...
Since I’ve been gone…from Mexico
Posted September 22, 2015
Well it is now September and school is starting up. In my family September signifies more than the start of school – it is...
A Never-Ending Identity Crisis
Posted September 9, 2015
One of the greatest fears I had before arriving to South Africa was how I was going to fit in. This wasn’t in the...
Feeling Otherness & Other Things
Posted September 1, 2015
Long time, no blog! I want to apologize for not keeping up with this blog during my actual time on the program. If anything,...