This week I provide my top 10 "need to read" items before visiting South Africa (in no particular order).
1. http://www.forbes.com/sites/larryolmsted/2013/03/18/ultimate-bucket-list-trip-south-africa/
Bucket List for South Africa!
2. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/11/opinion/sunday/the-backlash-against-african-women.html?_r=1
An article discussing attitudes towards women
3. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture_of_South_Africa
A basic overview of culture in South Africa
4. http://articles.latimes.com/2009/apr/19/opinion/oe-gevisser19
An article about current South African president Jacob Zuma.
5. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0738059309000935
Discusses human rights, specifically the right to education
A video about the white-only town of Orania
7. http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/gnxp/2009/06/who-are-the-cape-coloureds-of-south-africa/#.VRnoDvnF-Sp
Article discussing Cape Coloureds
8. http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/african-pride-1592944-Aug2014/
Article on homosexuality in S. Africa
9. http://www.academia.edu/211213/Becoming_African_Debating_Post-Apartheid_White_South_African_Identities
Whites in Post-Apartheid South Africa
10. https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CB4QFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amsa.org%2FAMSA%2FLibraries%2FCommittee_Docs%2FPower_Privilege_Definitions.sflb.ashx&ei=Gs34VK_WK5L4yQTElIDgDg&usg=AFQjCNF0hKvK_MzO4IebtQwaX3Oe6f1Yzw&sig2=ppEWSi2IGwDBhP-CrmIScw
This link will download a list of power and privilege definitions
I really like your selection, especially the first one because it gives us an idea of ways to immerse ourselves in the culture.
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