The Mourning into Dancing Project
The sharing and remembering of stories. The challenge of becoming uncomfortable with the realities of our always big and sometimes bad world. The revelation that can come by asking the questions that no one else seems to be asking - and then the danger in what truths hide within the answers.
This has been the story of my journeys in South Africa.
From the first day of my first trip, I began hearing spontaneous stories of life during the apartheid years (1945-1994), and was befriend by so many who had experienced life-altering events, yet survived to live in the value of their struggle.
From the very first story told to me by a white pastor who watched as a young man in high school, the intentional slaying of his black best friend to learning from a coloured school principal how whites secretly made sure he had the educational materials he needed to complete his education, I was hooked by these courageous people.
Welcome to When Mourning Turned into Dancing. We hope these stories will speak to you in your own world of the strength and spirit we all possess.
This has been the story of my journeys in South Africa.
From the first day of my first trip, I began hearing spontaneous stories of life during the apartheid years (1945-1994), and was befriend by so many who had experienced life-altering events, yet survived to live in the value of their struggle.
From the very first story told to me by a white pastor who watched as a young man in high school, the intentional slaying of his black best friend to learning from a coloured school principal how whites secretly made sure he had the educational materials he needed to complete his education, I was hooked by these courageous people.
Welcome to When Mourning Turned into Dancing. We hope these stories will speak to you in your own world of the strength and spirit we all possess.
This family lives outside of Port Elizabeth, South Africa in a township called Walmer. Their clothing is rough - their house less than shelters that protect many. Their next meal an uncertainty. Yet the are held together by the dignity of their love and commitment to each other.
And they have a story to tell.
Their story is given voice as one of the many stories this project is committed to sharing.
And they have a story to tell.
Their story is given voice as one of the many stories this project is committed to sharing.