3/22/2010

Another full day in Joburg. Well, sort of. We left around 9, and headed straight to the Cradle of Mankind, where hominid fossils are dug up on a regular basis. We went to Maropeng, which is a touristy spot explaining the history of man and paleontology. We went through the museum, then had lunch in the shop area. After, we headed out to the outskirts of Joburg to go to the Voertrekkersmonument, a huge, ugly building dedicated to the Great Trek of the Boers in the 1830s (I think). It was an interesting look at Afrikaans history, and also at White South African pride. There is a guest book, and a lot of people sign it with things like “Stay Strong!” “You are the TRUE South Africans” and so on and so forth. A little wrong, if you ask me. We then headed back to finish our cartoon projects and present them. Nick, Eric and I did a multi-dimensional analysis of the Showerhead usage in Zapiro’s Zuma cartoons. This makes more sense if you’ve been living in South Africa for a few months. After 3 hours of presentations, we had pizza, then auctioned off cutting peoples beards. All proceeds went to the social committee, and Lindsay, Hannah, Elizabeth and I bought Jay and Benjy. So excited. On a bad note, Benjy left his door unlocked during the afternoon with his computer on his bed, and it was stolen. They also stole his computer bag with all three of his passports in it. Lock your doors, kids.