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| Jacaranda Tree (my favorite!) at the Emerald Inn Guest house in Johannesburg. | My basic room at the Inn. Affordable, quiet, pretty clean, and free airport shuttle. (: | Jacaranda lined street in Johannesburg. |
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| Middle class corner in Soweto. | Local barbers in Soweto. | Veggie Market in Soweto. |
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| Reality bites - this is a common scene in many areas. | Former cooling towers 'redecorated' with local historial & cultural images. | Looking back toward Soweto. |
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| Soweto child | Photos of Nelson Mandela before he was taken to prison for his 27 year sentence. | This bedspread (jackal hides) was a gift to honor his leadership. |
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| Apparently these are Nelson Mandela's boots from his military service. I thought they looked cool sitting on the trunk. | The entrance to his former home in Soweto is the one he lived in prior to being taken to prison. | Curio stand. Lots of fun to poke around in. |
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| The famous photograph taken during the 1976 Soweto protests in which many students were killed by police when protesting against being mandated to be educated in Afrikaans language. | The memorial to those that died during the protests. It was too big to fit in one photo. | The other part. |
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| The 'rear' view is water flowing from the memorial. Signifying the tears for all those lost during the protests. | A full view of the memorial. | Map of Soweto area. Behind there is the museum we toured dedicated to the 1976 protests at this location. |