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MPR News host Angela Davis spent a week and a half touring South Africa with a group of public radio listeners from around the United States.  

Their group visited historic sites in Johannesburg, Soweto and Cape Town, and went on safari. They met people who had lived through apartheid, a long period of South Africa’s history during which white people and people of color were separated.

The group also toured Robben Island, the prison where Nelson Mandela served 18 years of his 27 years of imprisonment. 

Angela Davis reflects on what she saw during her trip to South Africa, and shares some of the conversations she had with South Africans she met. Davis debriefs her trip with her guest, Elise Brunelle, who lived in South Africa for 16 years and was also struck by the legacy of Nelson Mandela, the resilience of the people and the country’s economic disparities.

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MPR News host Angela Davis spent a week and a half touring South Africa with a group of public radio listeners. She reflects on the trip, and shares voices and stories of the South Africans she met along the way. 

MPR News host Angela Davis spent a week and a half touring South Africa with a group of public radio listeners. Angela reflects on the trip, and shares voices and stories of the South Africans she met along the way. Elise Brunelle joins Angela for her debrief. Brunelle grew up in Minnesota and led the Cape Town Opera for 16 years – South Africa’s biggest non-profit performing arts organization. Now Brunelle is the executive director of the Vermont Symphony Orchestra.



Angela Davis reflects on South Africa trip

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