tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2553573712479659356.post822554305524995134..comments2024-03-08T02:36:39.440-06:00Comments on Women of Color Living Abroad: Yes, Virginia, There is Winter in Africa: Common Misperceptions About AfricaWomen of Color Living Abroadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04755592974758554623noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2553573712479659356.post-50953263617061898882021-08-09T07:35:20.175-05:002021-08-09T07:35:20.175-05:00Living in Canada I have read all the comments and ...<a href="https://expats.adamfayed.com/living-in-canada-expat-guide/" rel="nofollow">Living in Canada</a> I have read all the comments and suggestions posted by the visitors for this article are very fine,We will wait for your next article so only.Thanks!randyortonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02982546203772567808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2553573712479659356.post-22997619600344855722014-09-11T01:21:57.140-05:002014-09-11T01:21:57.140-05:00I am very much pleased with the contents you have ...I am very much pleased with the contents you have mentioned. I wanted to thank you for this great article. I enjoyed every little bit part of it and I will be waiting for the new updates.<br /><a href="http://www.elevatevenue.co.za/" rel="nofollow">rooftop bar johannesburg</a> Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14631818218555940542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2553573712479659356.post-39569274848519751632012-06-27T13:09:17.437-05:002012-06-27T13:09:17.437-05:00Alright Ms. Sandton!!! Thanks for providing some ...Alright Ms. Sandton!!! Thanks for providing some clarity and from a native South African perspective. I wholeheartedly agree with you on your qualms about referring to Africa like it is one country vs. made up of numerous countries. I do find though that many of my friends, in the U.S. and abroad, are just as proud to be African as they are to be from their country of birth/nationality/origin. And that there are some cultural commonalities that unite them, especially when living abroad. Similar, to how as an American I can easily relate to Canadians. Admittedly, I also wrote this post to speak more to an American audience (because we do tend to refer to Africa as a continent not individual countries) and for the less educated or should I say less traveled. You would be surprised how many educated people still believe some of the above about Africa in general. I hoped this post would allow them to open up to learning more about individual countries. And hopefully even visiting. Slowly but surely we will get there and change misperceptions and minds. Thanks again for your feedback though will keep in it mind for future post! Cheers!<br /><br />BTW-check out this video that prompted this post<br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSElmEmEjb4&feature=player_embeddedMeishahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14509760765235324890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2553573712479659356.post-64575648484861953322012-06-27T13:00:29.925-05:002012-06-27T13:00:29.925-05:00BTW would love to connect with a fellow member of ...BTW would love to connect with a fellow member of the community. I actually live in the NW near Rustenburg (which you ironically mentioned above in your reference to Sun City). I get to Pretoria and Joburg from time to time if you are interested!Meishahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14509760765235324890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2553573712479659356.post-76491832670627177332012-06-27T12:55:07.505-05:002012-06-27T12:55:07.505-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Meishahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14509760765235324890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2553573712479659356.post-43899574288248993742012-06-20T23:15:25.570-05:002012-06-20T23:15:25.570-05:00Oh ps. yep, Meisha you're damn right in South ...Oh ps. yep, Meisha you're damn right in South Africa we have four seasons.....not Summer only. As I'm talking, Johannesburg is experiencing a O degree celcius!<br /><br />Thanks again.Crisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2553573712479659356.post-47305245286669698632012-06-20T23:04:23.233-05:002012-06-20T23:04:23.233-05:00Nice article Meisha, and a bit of an eye-opener! H...Nice article Meisha, and a bit of an eye-opener! However, I have qualm with the usage of 'Africa' as a continent, instead of referring to specific countries. I am well traveled, having stayed in Canada-Ottawa before; and have traveled the U.S.- New York and the neighboring counties; New Zealand; Asia-S.Korea; Japan; Malaysia; China; Philippines; not mentioning a few countries in Africa. The exposed, and educated ones don't generalize in terms of the "continent"?.....so weird! It's like saying America. What is really America? Canada? Venezuela? Peru? Mexico? the U.S.? the same thing applies to Asia. Where in Asia? Philippines or Japan? (As an example of countries that are so different in terms of development). I think in opening the peeps' minds this should be the starting point.<br /><br />I also find it bizzaire that at this time in age we could still have people who think the whole Africa as a continent is the same so to speak? As in not knowing that there are different countries in there, same as I indicated above in my first paragraph. Yeah, right that in as much as there are cities that are 'highly' developed, specifically Johannesburg; Cape town.....might include Durban as well; and other cities in other countries, may-be, there are still places that are less developed. Funny enough, this becomes the focal point of the narrow-minded travelers. Whilst a lot of people are homeless/starving and job-less in the U.S.<br /><br />Cape town and Johannesburg for instance, are generally upbeat comparatively speaking. I like what you stated in your blog above that, they are preety-much the same as in the U.S. Same as what Oprah once indicated during her interview with David Letterman. I'm adding that, they are also at par with the other western countries that I've been to. No difference at all, rather in South Africa for instance, we have a lot of U.S. natives who came with the mentality of "Africa" thinking it's a cheap, dingy place to be in and they ended-up getting frustrated and couldn't cope. These cities are even way expensive! Travelers do google Cape town, by the way it has been termed the most beautiful city in the world. The 'ghettos' I've been to in Harlem- New York are preety much the same as the ones in Soweto.....you even get the far developed spots in Soweto.<br /><br />Same thing applies to the surburbs in Johannesburg and Cape town, if you are amongst the averagely paid earners from any of the western countries could be astonished seeing areas that are even far above the ones you are used to from back home. And hello, they don't come cheap. I wonder what these ignorant people have in mind when in S.A. for instance, we have Caucasians; Asians-Indians & Chinese or others; Brown people- mixed races; Blacks. Hence, in South Africa, a U.S. native look just the same as the natives....may-be even South Africans being 'better'? Even wonder if the travelers have been to places like Sun City in the North-West Province. <br />And, a point of correction, S.A., or any other country in Africa don't call themselves "Africans" but they call themselves with their individual countries, e.g. S.Africans; Morrocans; Nigerians; Namibians et al. hence, the Charlize Therons of this world will proudly say they are South Africans. And, rightly so, S.A. is an english speaking country. Being a developing country, obviously, there will be little/moderate english usage in rural areas. However, far better than in most Asian countries....other than Philippines. This is because english is a medium of instruction in S.A. <br /><br />Well, thanks again for your greatly written blog. I just felt like I have to shed more light at this stage, being from Johannesburg- Sandton and I warmly invite U.S. travelers to my city....even though we have a lot of peeps who migrated to S.A....and continue to get more.Crisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2553573712479659356.post-18443158445496585352012-06-20T09:23:15.682-05:002012-06-20T09:23:15.682-05:00Love this.Love this.Arrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04158433587584793830noreply@blogger.com