Thinking of dialogue and compromise....

We are all settled in now and are preparing for school tomorrow. Our taxi driver, Ryno, will pick us up at 7:15 am. I have been thinking about South Africa, her people, and their conversations today. If you just glance, you can barely tell that apartheid once existed here. But, of course, the vestiges of it are still very real, present, and consuming. Mandela's spirit is alive and well, however. As part of my research for this journey, I came across an organization dedicated to maintaining the memory of Mandela. On this site, they have included a number of case studies written to describe actual problems in South Africa. These are located at http://www.nelsonmandela.org/index.php/news/article/nelson_mandela_foundation_publishes_community_conversations_case_studies/

They are long, but I thought they might be useful in some of your classes:-)

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