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2Summers - An American in quirky Johannesburg

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On and off for the past 18 months, Thorsten and I have been working on an academic/artistic project called the Atlas of Uncertainty, documenting lives and spaces in three different parts of Joburg: Katlehong, Berea, and Diepsloot. Atlas is a huge project, involving lots of artists and researchers from all over Africa, and the work [...]

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In April 2025, Thorsten and I spent two nights in the town of Rosendal on our way home from Semonkong, Lesotho. This trip is seriously old news by now, but I'm blogging about it anyway because: 1) This was my second time staying in Rosendal as a Lesotho stopover (the last time was way back [...]

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The G20 summit is happening in Joburg this weekend. To be honest, I still don't fully understand what the G20 is or why it matters. But at the very least, it's a big deal that important leaders from around the world are converging on this African city to...discuss stuff. In the lead-up to the G20 [...]

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I've already written two posts about my September road trip to Botswana (see here and here). And while those posts are full of tips and information about Botswana and how to get there and where to stay, they are thin on the main thing we went to Botswana to see: Animals! A pair of [...]

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I've known for a while about Steve Appiah, a Ghanaian man living in Joburg who weaves Kente cloth. I originally met Steve at the Bryanston Market, one of the craft markets where he sells his Kente. I've also spotted Steve a couple of times in front of his house in Brixton (where I also live), [...]

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