TRAVEL
Nomad-ing within Cape Town Minky Mokapela
If she could speak, I’m quite certain the Mother City would say, “Come forth with curiosity as ye lack the privilege of naming ye-self a citizen of mine, these imbeciles that I have birthed and adopted neglect to explore the beauties I have for them.”
D
ear citizens of the City that seldom slumbers, how about you take a short right and explore in response to the cry of the beloved Cape Town? I have been fortunate enough to be an offspring of two very curious adopted children of Cape Town. Having grown up in the rural Eastern Cape, my parents say they often dreamed about being in the big cities with bright lights and yeah yeah we know - the African dream. However, unlike most people, they stuck to the guidelines that they had set for themselves were they to ever make it to Cape Town.
74 IMBO/ ISSUE 9/ 2012
the typical are not so typical
Each and every year we explore a new place in this land with a vast circumference. Not only have we been to the world renowned sites which I would have liked not to mention due to the fact that one hears about them everywhere, but it would be disrespectful not to because they possess rich heritage and beauty. Robben Island and Table Mountain (where a slice of pizza