Everything in
South Africa is a little upside down, in reverse and the other way round. Summer
falls in winter; the sun runs counter-clockwise and at noon stands on the
northern horizon; driving is on the left; and you really can’t escape the
feeling that you’re walking upside down.
I took this
picture some years ago on a trip to Natal. It is the billboard that hangs over
the gate of the prison in the town called Vrijheid. Vrijheid was founded by the
Boers and the name means Freedom in the Dutch language. Is it mere irony at the
end of the earth? Or is it Sartre in South Africa? Better not ponder that
question too long, I guess…
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