What are my beliefs that shaped my worldview in a ethnic group. 

I grew up in a Afrikaans household that makes me a coloured with a mix of black and Damara. My mother's side is coloured with a mix of black because my ancestors are black and my father's side of people is only coloured, even if he is no longer in my life he still plays a big role on the person I am today. I know you want to know were the Damara comes in, right. Well my grandfather is a Damara, he is not really my grandfather but he accepted my mother with open arms and I have that culture in my background by just adapting it with the environment he share with us. I remember that my grandparents told me it was hard growing up in their times because our ancestors and people were a lot harder on them than now and that they had to work hard for what they wanted. It was hard marrying because you had to prove yourself and your love for that person. Back in the days they would have choose for you but now it's easier because they know that you got to choose someone you want to spent your whole life with. Growing up I was taught that Afrikaans is my home language but I still have the choose to learn more to be better and successful. My beliefs that I have learn is that no matter the circumstances always stand out and work out to get what you want because you are strong and smart. I think being a coloured is harder than anything because of the difficulties we had and also having a black culture in my blood makes it harder because we didn't have that much opportunities but still work through them to succeed. My second belief is that I will take the hard in life my ancestors and family has to use it as my very own inspiration to strive for better so that the next generation can know how hard we work to be the best. Learning about this 3 cultures I have has made me into the best version because I know all the struggles we had and how we survive it and shows that my ethnic group are surviver. Not having my father in my life is worse and sad but tjat doesn't stop me to seek for the best only because he has failed to be one that only gives me more strength to do my absoluut best. Being a coloured is the only thing I know and lived my whole life without even knowing how my black culture and Damara people doing their tradition because my family didn't expose me to that because they believed it's best that I only know what's best by raising me the only way they knew how to be free after the struggles they had to face. They didn't want me or any of my siblings know how bad their life was but they still give us stories to show us how the world is. 

Reflecting back to this unit I have realise that kinship are so important in my existence because ever since I have an idee of how things go in life, I can relate to the stories. I lived in a household where we help each other out even if it's close family members or not so close or even a neighbor. Growing up I never understand why my grandparents help so many people but I never ask until the day I saw that they have good hearts and are willing to help no matter what. From the stories I have heard from my grandfather I could tell that living in the 19th century life was hard especially when you had a little and had an family to feed. People of skin always had a problem with finding work, or always got the job as a maid or lower rank in the mine but still would they have a lot to feed themselves and other. Growing up I have always had history as a subject in school just to understand the world better because it's so confused but till this day I can't put my finger on why life is still hard even after the new Democratic South Africa. What I can say is that people of skin never will have the greatest opportunities, you must fight or work hard for them and that shows me that working hard is in our blood so that we can provide a better life for ourselves and next person to help. The new Democratic government hasn't change much but yet there are some changes in the new life. What I have also learn in history is that a lot of exchanging happens just to get a specific thing even if it mean working hard and that is what made me realise that I need to work in life to get the things I desire because life ain't easy and life ain't cheap. There is this saying that goes like this, if you help your fellow people you will receive it in double. I will always have that saying in the back of my mind because it truly shows the truth behide that saying. Kinship is shaped in both cultural traditions and historical challenges. Families continue to adapt and find strength in their extended networks and embracing how far they have become. They might not have literature but they are very smart, I believe they call it street smart because growing up in apartheid wad tough, because you don't have access to all the learning process but that didn't kept them down. There are also changes of patterns in the kinship because since people start helping each other they became more open towards people and can help each other without insulting or feeling bad. New meaningful social relationships accure because of kinship through the new principles that form as one and focus on new ideas to get a better South Africa. Kinship has always been known as closeness between people because it reflects on how far people will go to help one another whether it's family or not family. 

My day starts on the dot at 6 o'clock. I begin with doing my prayers and immediately go to the bathroom and get myself ready. I start with doing my hair and then I get dressed and that takes about an hour. After dressing I go the kitchen to make breakfirst, sometimes it's oats or mielie meel and of course my cup of coffee. Afterwards I finish up the last touches and sort and collet my books for the day and immediately start walking towards campus. When my modules are done, I walk back and prepare my lunch. Then I start with preparing for the next day and go through the work we did in class. If it's a cook day, I will cook some food and take a rest by watching a movie and socialize. When I'm finish I continue studying, till I feel I can't do it anymore. I will drink my water and do my nightly prayer and sleep. 

In the parodic examples of Wainana (2005) How to write about Africa, Miner (1956) Body and Ritual Among the Nacirema, the TEDTalks presented by Ngozi- The Danger of a Single Story and Bart Williams Change your channel, I have learn the difference between each identities and how they are represented. Africa has always been seen as a "dark country” because individuals think Africa is poor and don't have light, but they are wrong. We are a rich country but we share between continents so that poverty doesn't happen so frequently in our land. Africa people are such a rainbow nation with different cultures and there own unique ways and style. There is this saying: "a women belong in the kitchen and the man is the one who provides in the house, head of the family", but it has change since the new South African and a lot of women are providers and that shows that woman can do what a man can do and a man can do what a woman can do.

Growing up as a coloured girl it was hard but I manage to handle every punch that came my way. People had a lot to say about coloureds and that include we are a mixture that doesn't belong here, that are not smart, we don't have nice structure or we are not rich. We are unique in our own and we don't need to fit in with society. I am proud to be coloured because we are amzing human beings that stand as a nation, we help were we can, for example this story about the missing 6 year old girl from Saldanha. This truly shows how we look out for one another or other cultures.