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This is the story of our potatoes; how they met, fell in love, created and raised us, the Fabulous Frisbie Seestors. Plus all the silliness that ensued. [Read more here] NOTE TO THE READER: This is, by no means, a historically or factually accurate account of our parents' lives. It is, however, how we understand things to have come to pass ...to the best of our combined knowledge and selective memories. |
Nelson Mandela’s release from prison is one of my most vivid historical moment memories from growing up… I remember watching it all on TV in our living room in Mexico City and Mom and Papi explaining who Mandela was and apartheid to me, and just crying and crying (tears of sadness and happiness, simultaneously, somehow) as little 8-year-old me grasped as much as i could of the importance of this moment.
Similarly, this Johnny Clegg & Savuka song (which is from 1987, so while he was still in jail) always had a special meaning to me (and made it onto many a mixtape) thanks again to my parents’ careful explanation of its significance.
It’s crazy to think it was 20 years ago today.
-claire
