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You Don’t Move a People’s History

Photo: “Kaapse Klopse 2011” by Felix König, via Wikimedia Commons, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0. Growing up, Klopse was simply part of what we knew. I had family who participated, and it was woven into the background of our lives, even though I was never someone who marched in the streets or planned my yearContinueContinue reading “You Don’t Move a People’s History”

✨ Christmas Who Raised Me

Christmas looked different depending on where we spent it, with my dad’s family in Cape Town or with my mom’s family in De Aar in the Northern Cape. Two places, two cultures, two rhythms. And somehow, both became home. These are the Christmases that raised me. Table Mountain from Bloubergstrand — the view that alwaysContinueContinue reading “✨ Christmas Who Raised Me”