by Mary Kathryn Maher South Africa was both everything and nothing that I could have imagined. Students arrived in Johannesburg (or Joburg, as I quickly learned it is referred to by the locals), many with jetlag...
As I write this reflection from my flight to Washington D.C., the journey is bittersweet. While I am excited to be back home and begin the spring semester a refreshed, social innovator in-the-making, I...
A landmark that can be seen from almost anywhere in the city, Table Mountain, given its name for its flat top, is one of South Africa’s most prominent landmarks. Overlooking the Cape, the mountain...
The place where South Africa’s first democratically elected president, Nelson Mandela, would spend 18 of his 27 years in prison, the tour of Robben Island gave the group a snapshot into the South Africa...
