This week’s focus was beyond Caversham at Rorke’s Drift, where Marshall Walker Lee led two workshops for groups from Oscarsberg Primary and Shiyane High School pupils. Reflecting on the experience, Marshall voiced his viewpoint : “The key to the success of these workshops was the co-operative effort of Gabi, Witty, and myself. By working together to create a program that would engage the learners on both a theoretical and practical level, we established one possible model for a dynamic workshop program that could easily be reshaped to fit the needs and interests of students in other communities. It was important to me that the process be open and flexible in order to give each individual learner the greatest chance of finding a means of engaging personally with the exercise, and by varying the activity slightly to fit each child’s personal interest in storytelling, drawing, or reporting we were able to connect with nearly all of the primary and high school learners.” Thanks to both Oscarsberg Primary and Shiyane High School (Mr and Mrs Zulu) principals’ and learners’ generous spirits and cooperation.

Witty Nyide