Joseph Gerassi

As part of Redhill’s African Scholars Program 2019, the High School, parents and media will celebrate AFRICA DAY on Friday 24 May. It's going to be a day of heated debate and thought-provoking discussions with @Eusebius @fortyshort @NompumeleloChef and more. We can't wait!

Ms Tumi Dlamini; “The people that will change the world and this country are not your parents. It’s you.” #RedhillAfricaDay2019

Ms Tumi Dlamini: “You, the youth, carry with you, the hopes and dreams of the continent.” #RedhillAfricaDay2019

Ms Tumi Dlamini: “I’m filled with hope that young people, who are not burdened with the pains of the past, are free to love each other.” #RedhillAfricaDay2019

“Make friends with people who do not look like you and think like you. It will help you to learn to grow, to compromise and to form alliances.” Ms Tumi Dlamini #RedhillAfricaDay2019

Ms Mandela: “We have an identity crisis as Africans. We have copied and pasted other identities and made our own.” #RedhillAfricaDay2019

Prof Meyersfield: “I’ve found myself to be challenged around my racial identity far more in the context of privilege. It becomes a far more vigilant exercise.” #RedhillAfricaDay2019

Ms Athambile Masola: “Can we get out of this “I wasn’t there” narrative about the past. Can we acknowledge that we are here now? I wasn’t there either but I am still dealing it.” #RedhillAfricaDay2019

Ms Ndileka Mandela: “When we talk about race, we are accused of trying to talk about the past. Yet Jewish people commemorate the holocaust each year? We need to talk about issues or they keep coming up. We can’t just paper over the cracks.” #RedhillAfricaDay2019

Judge Opperman: “The inequality is stark in this country and my ancestors caused this. How does one move forward? Everything we do is infused with a sensitivity and consciousness about the past. I don’t have the answer but I have a lot of the guilt.” #RedhillAfricaDay2019

“There is a deep psychological hangover from colonialism that we need to address.” says @Eusebius #RedhillAfricaDay2019

“How do we undo the deep-seated self-hatred and psychological damage from generations ago?” asks Ms Athambilr Masola #RedhillAfricaDay2019

“Racism changes all the time - it constantly changes shape and form - like a Cadillac that comes out with a new model every year,” says Ms Masola. #RedhillAfricaDay2019

“When you define yourself as an African - it is both inclusive and exclusive. We need to stop limiting the boundaries of our thinking.“ says Prof Nieftagodien #RedhillAfricaDay2019

“Your thoughts determine your actions. Learn to think differently and it will overflow into action,” says Judge Opperman. #RedhillAfricaDay2019

“The colour of your skin is your gift wrapping. It doesn’t define who you are at your core. Our race is human.” Audience member #RedhillAfricaDay2019

“Maybe the question should be what DOESN’T make us African.” Grade 7 student. #RedhillAfricaDay2019

“There is a big difference between the questions, SHOULD race matter and DOES race matter,” says @Eusebius #RedhillAfricaDay2019