Study Abroad

EOF Student  Mahalia Bazile Spent  8 Weeks in Cape Town, South Africa on State Dept. Scholarship

Bazile won the U.S. Department of State���s Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship and left her hometown of Newark for Cape Town, South Africa earlier this month. ���I love it here!��� she said in a recent email.

���I wanted to travel to South Africa to learn indigenous languages and culture, because, as a black person in predominantly white institutions, I want to understand the history and cultural value that lies in Cape Town,��� she said. ���In times of increased cultural misunderstandings and racial tensions, I am deeply interested in learning about South African social culture after apartheid, to build and gain through interpersonal experience a more inclusive and global perspective of the world and its agents.���

 Bazile is working on developing a blog, so check later for posts about her trip on: 

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