In 1987, when my mother was 57 (the age I will be in September this year) she set out for China. Recently widowed, she had spent the...

You can be part of this story! Please join me in supporting the life dreams of some inspiring South Africans from Soweto, the townships...

This time, I came to South Africa to research a book that would shed light on changes over the past twenty-four years since the first...

June 16 in South Africa is Youth Day: a national holiday celebrating the youth who participated in the 1976 Soweto student uprising—and...

The journey I am presently on extends research that I began in South Africa in 1998 – almost exactly two decades ago. My initial research...

A couple of weeks ago, intrigued by a LinkedIn post from Barbara Joe, I read an article in the New Yorker about former Panamanian...

I drove to the Botanical Gardens for a run, parked the silver Spark, and huffed my way to a gorgeous view of the city across expansive...

Groggy from 26 hours in the air and associated layovers, I stumble into the Johannesburg airport at 5:30 am. Nobody checks my bags or...