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Marina Jessop

Day Three

Tour of Soweto
The informal housing units in Soweto are so different. They are rickety shacks made from things people find: What would it be like to build my house this way? As urine runs along the roads, children play in the street barefoot with almost no clothes on…and in some cases completely naked. For me personally, this is an awakening. I've never dreamed what I'm seeing existed in this world—there are two extremes to the way people live in this country. Now I know that's the way the world really is.