Cultural Studies

Travelling Tuesday: African Rides

January 5, 2010 South Africa
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Hooray for another Tuesday! I am sorry I’ve been off the blogging circuit for a few days, but my guess is unless the Bear is your grandchild, you probably weren’t too terribly disappointed! This TT I thought you might enjoy a few everyday sights around town…namely the sassy African taxis that we are enjoying spotting [...]

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The (In)security of the Expatriate Experience

December 26, 2009 Stories
Scottish African American

This might happen to you. Maybe not exactly the way it happened to me. But I want to write you to prepare you. Because there are things you were put on this earth to do. And I think you have an enemy who would like it very much if you didn’t succeed in doing them. [...]

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Church in the Township

November 7, 2009 South Africa
Photo by Randy OHC @ flickr

After moving into our new place, we had a couple of minor issues that needed the attention of an electrician and a handyman. Fortunately, our letting agency sent over a nice gentleman who is both. He sorted out a broken light socket in the kitchen, and the next week was sent over again to work [...]

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Say Salmon Swim Upstream…Salmon Schwim Upstweam

October 9, 2009 Stories

One of my professors at the University of Edinburgh talked a lot about the significance of the narrative of the salmon. He thought it was sad that farm-raised salmon never get the chance to experience the narrative of the wild salmon — the true story of their destiny. Whether or not you would like to [...]

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Can you speak South African? This lekker Top Ten might help, hey?

October 7, 2009 South Africa
JETSONS COLOR 6

Top of the Week to ya! Since lots of folks seemed interested in my last post about South Africa, I decided to write another SA post…perhaps for those of you planning to be here for the World Cup next year! This amazing country is a melting pot of cultures, languages and of course, some delightful [...]

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The Price of the Peso OR How to make a Dollar Outta 15 cent

October 5, 2009 South Africa
How much IS this?

One of the biggest challenges I’ve found when trying to get settled in a new country (based on two experiences now) is trying to understand the value of the local currency. I was reminded this morning when Mark and I went out for a cup of coffee. We ordered a couple of pots of Rooibos [...]

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Top Ten Things You Probably Didn’t Know about South Africa

September 30, 2009 South Africa
Sometimes instead of warning about drunk driving, SA wine bottles warn you of a different danger.... (which does take lives every year)

Top of the week to ya! If Wednesday is hump day, I’m thinking it would be the “top” of the week –yeah? Anyway. I’m getting settled in South Africa pretty well. It helps to have visited a few times before the move. But I’m at the stage where if I walk out the front door, [...]

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This Week’s Cross-Cultural Blooper

September 20, 2009 South Africa
We are living in the blue section!

I don’t speak Afrikaans. Some of you might need a little history lesson of South Africa in order for that statement to make sense. Well, very briefly, South Africa was first colonized by the Dutch, and then by the British. When they decided to have a fight about who was gonna be the boss, the [...]

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