My Personal Heritage...
"My" Friday 23rd September saw a myriad of color and pride in the form of traditional dress, this is celebration of our heritage. This got me thinking of what lies beyond the traditional dress that I could call my own personal heritage. My South Africa gave me my own personal heritage. My South Africa gave me the family I have, without them, I wouldn’t have been born Tswana and had Tswana traits attributed to me My South Africa made my dreadlocked hair special, in Jamaica I would be just another girl with dreadlocks My South Africa gave me a funny, loving, giving Cape Malay girl as a best friend, anywhere else, I would have had an anywhere else best friend My South Africa gave me the experience of waiting for a taxi in the rain or dusty wind so that I can feel for the girl going through the same routine while I past in my own car "Personal" My South Africa gave me the village, the township, the suburb all before the age of 16, anywher