Comments on: Jay-key in Soweto https://www.abeo-tt.com/blog/?p=36 Topics that inspire change Tue, 07 Aug 2012 19:36:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Gill https://www.abeo-tt.com/blog/?p=36&cpage=1#comment-99 Gill Mon, 01 Aug 2011 06:04:38 +0000 http://www.abeo-tt.com/blog/?p=36#comment-99 A very realistic account of Soweto Jax,visited it as a tourist when in SA but very briefly.Just back from coast to coast trip of USA,fantastic.Good luck! A very realistic account of Soweto Jax,visited it as a tourist when in SA but very briefly.Just back from coast to coast trip of USA,fantastic.Good luck!

]]> By: Terry-Ann https://www.abeo-tt.com/blog/?p=36&cpage=1#comment-94 Terry-Ann Sat, 30 Jul 2011 22:41:42 +0000 http://www.abeo-tt.com/blog/?p=36#comment-94 What an eye opener for me, especially after seeing the photos. We really we don't know how fortunate we are here in Trinidad. What an eye opener for me, especially after seeing the photos. We really we don’t know how fortunate we are here in Trinidad.

]]> By: Wendy https://www.abeo-tt.com/blog/?p=36&cpage=1#comment-91 Wendy Sat, 30 Jul 2011 13:24:11 +0000 http://www.abeo-tt.com/blog/?p=36#comment-91 I second Alastair's comments. Jay-key, you write very well, and your ongoing memoirs are a treat to read. Thanks for the tour of Nelson Mandela House, and the poverty of parts of Soweto is indeed gripping. Nelson Mandela is a hero; apartheid was a great political mistake, something all too tragically redolent of ethnic-based slavery, and undoubtedly a good part of the reason why so many black people still live in shanty towns with so few prospects for advancement. Looking forward to hearing all about Swaziland! I second Alastair’s comments. Jay-key, you write very well, and your ongoing memoirs are a treat to read. Thanks for the tour of Nelson Mandela House, and the poverty of parts of Soweto is indeed gripping.

Nelson Mandela is a hero; apartheid was a great political mistake, something all too tragically redolent of ethnic-based slavery, and undoubtedly a good part of the reason why so many black people still live in shanty towns with so few prospects for advancement.

Looking forward to hearing all about Swaziland!

]]> By: Alastair https://www.abeo-tt.com/blog/?p=36&cpage=1#comment-87 Alastair Thu, 28 Jul 2011 17:09:24 +0000 http://www.abeo-tt.com/blog/?p=36#comment-87 Oh my God - your description of the poverty is both vivid and gripping. You should write a book! Front cover should have a photo of the cow head meat seller - I can hardly grasp the imagery! Enjoy Swaziland! Oh my God – your description of the poverty is both vivid and gripping. You should write a book! Front cover should have a photo of the cow head meat seller – I can hardly grasp the imagery! Enjoy Swaziland!

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