Travel Guide to South Africa

 South Africa: Land of Diversity

Travel Guide 

South Africa is located at the southernmost part of the African continent. The country is renowned for its many diverse landscapes, ranging from its large mountains to its savannas. The colorful and busy streets of Cape Town has a mix of the modern city look and the rich cultural look. Visitors can explore everything about this country. From the iconic Table Mountain and Robben Island to the vast wildlife reserves like Kruger National Park. There are so many things you can do like hiking, tasting local dishes, learning about apartheid history, or meeting people from different cultures and languages. South Africa offers a powerful and unforgettable experience.

This southern nation's history is marked by the apartheid era. A period of institutionalized racial segregation and discrimination. Trevor Noah's book, Born a Crime, provides a personal lens into this period. His book detailing his experiences growing up as a mixed-race child in a society where just existing as mixed-race was illegal. His stories offer what it looks like living daily in a apartheid society and the resilience of those who lived through it.

"In a society built on institutionalized racism, race mixing doesn't merely challenge the system as unjust, it reveals the system as unsustainable and incoherent." 

This map shows South Africa's nine provinces: Eastern Cape - Free State - Gauteng - KwaZulu-Natal -Limpopo - Mpumalanga - Northern Cape - North West

https://www.southafrica.net/uk/en/ 

Here is a link to tell you everything you need to know to travel to South Africa

"Despite the fact that black people made up over 80% of South Africa’s population, the territory allocated for the homelands was about 11% of the country. There was no running water, no electricity. People lived in huts."

Born a Crime Chapter 8-13

1. "Africa is full of black people," He would say. "So why would you come all the way to Africa if you hate black people? If you hate black people so much, why did you move into their house?" To him it was insane.

 I choose this particular passage because it shows how illogical and ridiculous racism really is. It made me think just how strong hate can be even when it makes no sense. It made me feel anger and sad and raise the question, how can you move to a land full of black people and than treat them badly as if you didn't come into their home?

"But then it will be a whole restaurant of nothing but toilets."

"Well, if you don't want to do that, than your other option is to make it a normal restaurant and only serve whites."

I choose this passage and it really stuck out to me because it made me realize how causal racism was like just running a restaurant and using the bathroom. It made me raise the thought, How many normal everyday decisions were shaped by racism?

2. I'm not sure yet what I will write about. 

3. DISCUSSION QUESTIONS: 

• He learned nothing other than that he was secretive. 
• They were given different jobs and rights to make people compete against other races. Trever was being bullied by a bunch of kids and knew he made a mistake by telling Abel because Abel took it too far.
• Trevor gets saved from trouble because officers believed the boy in the video tape was white so they didn't think it was Trevor. I really relate to that quote because a lot of the time I stop myself from doing things I want to because of fear, but the regret i feel later for not doing that thing was a worse feeling.