The first paragraph of this blog is a quick preface for those of you who have never read my blog before. If you know the background story feel free to skip the italicized paragraph and go straight to my description of my weekend in Messina.
I was born in Salt Lake City, Utah to a white American woman and a black South African man. The last time I saw my biological father was when I was 3 years old. I spoke to him for the first time at 18. For the second time at 21. He passed away when I was 22. Finally at the age of 26, I am in his home land, South Africa. For the last three months I have been living and working in Vereeniging, South Africa which is the Gauteng Province. I have had the opportunity to meet and get to know about 5 of my family members. 1 uncle and 4 cousins. They also live in Gauteng. The rest of my father's family lives in Messina which is in the Limpopo Province, which is in north South Africa. The city borders Zimbabwe. I came to South Africa for two reasons: to teach with the Fulbright ETA program and to get to know my roots! Last weekend I got the chance to do just that!
