Obliterated Places

I’m a middle class black person who is married to a white person and who happens to live in a hopelessly unintegrated city (Cape Town). It should therefore not surprise you to learn, reader, that I am often The Only Black Person in the Room. It doesn’t often surprise me much, having lived… Read More Obliterated Places

June 25, 2014October 24, 2024 Rumbi Goredema Görgens1 Comment

The New Normal, or what a family looks like

This is my ‘normal’ You get used to the staring. When my husband and I first started dating, the staring bothered me. Wherever we went, people would gape at us, openly unashamedly, wearing all of their (offensive) questions on their faces. At first, I would fly into impotent rages and rant on and on… Read More The New Normal, or what a family looks like

October 30, 2013October 24, 2024 Rumbi Goredema Görgens2 Comments

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Obliterated Places

The New Normal, or what a family looks like