Header photo by Joe Byker
Kruger National Park
22 January 2005

This course introduces students to a country with a tragic past but also a promising future. The primary academic objective of this Interim is to gain firsthand knowledge and understanding of how racial injustice has been encountered in political and industrial contexts. Participants in this Interim not only read and study South African history, culture, and industrial change - they also visit South African townships, meet with leaders engaged with South Africa's political changes, and visit a platinum mine. Students explore - in readings, classes, and visits - South Africa's apartheid past, the struggles for and miracle of its democratic transition, and the political-economy of the mining industry where interactions of politics, business, and race are poignant.