Lobster in a Bucket

Going On

This video made a lot of sense to me. It captures really well the way that the Africans I lived among danced. The theme of the video too, this idea that there is a special way to escape one's surroundings to go somewhere else that promises to be better is also very true to the experience of my students in Africa. Many of them talked to me about their dreams of being somewhere else, somewhere unknown, but imagined. Skyscrapers, beaches, snow, other places. I don't think they envisioned a portal in a door that had to be carried to a certain place, but it is true that many of my kids dreamed of escape and freedom, but few found it.