History and Journalism in South Africa

History and Journalism in South Africa

Join Professors Moni Basu, the Charlayne Hunter Gault Distinguished Writer in Residence, and Montgomery Wolf from the Department of History, on a trip studying South Africa’s history of apartheid, offering a powerful lens through which to examine race, power, identity and social justice. This UGA Maymester program in history and travel journalism explores the country’s complex racial history and its ongoing legacy, from the struggle against apartheid to the challenges of building a more equitable society. Through immersive reporting, conversations with South Africans and close attention to competing narratives, we will examine how race shapes communities, institutions and everyday life. The program invites you to move beyond familiar narratives of oppression and reconciliation to explore the complexities, contradictions and unfinished work of racial justice in contemporary South Africa and what we, as Americans, can glean from those lessons.

We’ll spend approximately three weeks in Capetown and Johannesburg. The trip includes a variety of cultural activities including visits to Table Mountain and the Cape of Good Hope and ends with a fun animal safari at Pilanesberg National Park.

This study away experience is offered through the Office of Global Engagement.