Jozi skies: 1 ChristinaExcerpt from Africa, Altered states, Ordinary miracles, Richard Dowden ‘Westerners living in Africa for the first time are always struck...
Jozi Skies: 2 Time of our livesI often say that Joburg has been one of my favourite places to live in. After being scarred by Chicago winters and utterly resentful of...
Jozi skies - 3 UbuntuIt was only in South Africa that I realised just how much my learning was ‘westernised’, for lack of a better term. I grew up in...
Jozi skies - 4 FuthiThe reason I had found myself in South Africa in the first place was entirely related to work. I never had a burning desire to move...
Jozi skies - 5 Sunday afternoonIt’s 2020, the year of Covid. I have in effect emigrated back home. It’s Sunday afternoon, and I wonder what I would be doing if I were...
Africa from the overland truckVictoria falls, Zimbabwe After a long day walking under the hot Zimbabwean sun, I find myself exhausted and taking a moment to recover as...
NamasteNamaste. That was how my professor greeted me, in his attempt to acknowledge my Indian heritage. I stammered to find my words – the last...
Beyond the reefsHome, feeling like the ocean beyond the reefs. The internal rush of emotion. The overwhelming drive for something, anything, for more....
Dear oceanDear ocean Deep, unknown and full of life May I just ask, How many lives have you taken? I feel inexplicably drawn and want to plunge To...