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| Guga S'Thebe Artsand Cultural Centre in Langa |
During our orientation week in Cape Town we visited
the townships, which are where many people had to move to after being displaced
by the Group Areas Act of apartheid. At first I wasn’t sure what to expect because
I had heard so many “bad” things about townships, so I was a little hesitant to
visit. But first we visited Langa and we went to Guga S'Thebe Artsand Cultural Centre there, where they sold sand art, wire art with beading, and
hand painted mugs, bowls, cups, plates etc. Everything was beautiful. One of
the men working at this center even taught us how to make sand art (he was the one who made majority if not all
of the sand art there) and later we got a short African drumming lesson. I had
so much fun.
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Odon, sand painting artist
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After, we left and drove by a few other townships like Nyanga, and Mitchell’s Plain. We finally stopped in Manenberg, where we visited Manenberg Peoples Centre. After seeing the other townships though I wasn’t hesitant anymore even after being told that Manenberg was one of the most dangerous areas especially because it is populated with gangs, and the most notorious gangs is known as the Americans.
I wasn’t scared because I knew that as long we didn’t cause trouble, there wouldn’t be any trouble. However, its sad to see how so many people are crowded into these townships, but it was nice to see how happy they appeared with the little that they did have.
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