The Sweet Shock Of Color

It’s a joy for me to see black people en masse. But also White Africans, Indian Africans, Afrikaner, coloreds, Cape Malays, Chinese, Muslims, Arabs- the entire spectrum of humanity rubbing against each other. And to hear church bells chime, the azaan ringing from mosques in Bo Kaap, and experience the wild fragrances, tongues and tastes. The eroticism, crimson history and humid embrace, the feeling of getting lost in the deep womb of earth and history overpowers you. The country’s past, present and future plays out concurrently and it dares you to be a part of it all- the sweetness, beauty and squalor of Africa.