Monthly Archives: January 2002

Boy Sgwentu (Tetile is his Xhosa name, but his friends and family call him Boy or Maboy ) is the patriarch of this beautiful family.  He’s a warm and loving father, a sharp and insightful thinker, a puller of legs, and … Continue reading →

Meet the Sgwentu family.  From left to right, they are Boy, Evelyn, Sipho, Nonswakazi, Teresa (my wife, or Auntie T as they call her), and Thania.  They are a new breed of South African – the middle-class black South African. … Continue reading →

I’ve been telling many people stories today about our trip and I found that I needed to look up some geographic and demographic statistics about the country to help people understand it in comparison to the U.S.  The geographic ones … Continue reading →

We’re home safe, well-rested, the girls are with us, and we’re having fun.  I took an extra day of vacation, remembering that Teresa slept for 15 hours straight when she came back last time.  But I work up this morning … Continue reading →

It’s our last few hours before climbing on a plane for 24 hours of travel back to Cleveland.  We are all packed and ready (physically and mentally).  The girls are very excited – Thania especially. For the next few weeks, … Continue reading →

Just a couple more days and we’ll be headed back to Cleveland, with the girls in tow.  The trip to Kruger and the Eastern Cape was amazing and exhausting.  This is a big country!  We drove 1800 km to Kruger … Continue reading →