Sculpture of Oliver Tambo greeting arrivals at the airport
Example of fortified houses
View from the top of the Carlton. One of the last moments I enjoyed with my old phone (this and several other pictures are clearly from the internet)
American embassy
Some of Steve Appiah’s kente weaving
Street art in Melville neighborhood. Looks like some kind of Big Brother commentary on surveillance? (maybe?)
Steve and I get photobombed by Mahope’s hand at Uncle Paul’s tavern (don’t ask me how he bends his pinky like that)
Looms Steve built for teaching others in his studio
Local article about Steve
Steve plays “Dress the American” with the kente he gave me. This picture was completely his idea, and amazing as his craftsmanship is, it was for the better that he didn’t insist I walk around in it in public
The (in)famous minibus taxis. This is pretty calm and empty for a Joburg street
First meal of pap and some bomb stew. Don’t be fooled by the poor picture and the styrofoam box, way more appetizing than it appears
Doorway by where Gary sells his t-shirts
Main street in Maboneng district
Street art in Maboneng. Wish I could give more context to the people depicted
Young Mandela the boxer (Maboneng)
Condom dispenser in a public bathroom (part of the fight against AIDS, I imagine)
Victoria Yards under construction…
…and revitalization
Live from Johannesburg: Vin reports back to Brazil via a camera he’s set up