Food: no carbohydrates, they eat a lot of vegetables, fruits, goat meat, steamed bread, curry, I even ate cow's head . When interacting with the students in my group, I observed how I spoke and my mannerisms, I did not want to project the stereotype of black youth. During our stays in the rural cantons, no heating or electricity; we woke up cold; the shower was cold, it was winter in South Africa. We walked on dirt roads, used latrines. I used a lot of baby wipes since showers were once a week. I guess the organization wanted us to have a real experience of how many Africans are living. We also had to be aware of our surroundings. One guy in our group was pickpocketed three times; another woman was about to be robbed and stabbed, but our chaperone heard the would-be thieves. I didn't have any bad incidents because I was more like the Africans than my friends. But I still had to be