

I Fell in Love With a Squatter Camp
by 2summers | Jul 18, 2011 | Arts and Culture, Johannesburg, Townships/Informal Settlements
UPDATE (March 2017): I wrote this post six years ago, at a time when I was pretty clueless about life in South Africa and how to write about it. I regret the title of the post and the poverty-porn-like tone that much of its prose conveys. But I have a policy of never...Latest Posts
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