in and we re going to have to imagine a place in your world that we have no evidence of. you get your education and then you make your choices. and if you want to be a columnist, be a columnist! you know, that would have been so far removed from anything we would even have imagined at that time and the notion that you can make a living writing was actually not something that occurred to me until very late. 0k. let s fast forward a bit from then, but presumably at this point you re still not making much money writing, 1994, you were sent by the guardian to south africa to govern the country s first democratic elections. why did they choose you and what was it like to be a witness to such historic change? well, they chose me because they were first of all, i had got a bursary from the guardian, so i was known. and i was when i. when i interviewed for the bursary, i talked about my work in the
from then, but presumably at this point you re still not making much money writing, 1994, you were sent by the guardian to south africa to govern the country s first democratic elections. why did they choose you and what was it like to be a witness to such historic change? well, they chose me because they were. first of all, i had got a bursary from the guardian so i was known. and i was when i. when i interviewed for the bursary i talked about my work in the anti apartheid movement to alan rusbridger, who would then become the editor. and it was a kind of typical liberal dilemma. they knew that there were stories that white journalists couldn t get in south africa in the run up to the elections, but they hadn t employed enough black journalists that they wanted to send, actually, barely any that they want to send. so they looked around for someone who was young,
let s fast forward a bit from then, but presumably at this point you re still not making much money writing, 1994, you were sent by the guardian to south africa to govern the country s first democratic elections. why did they choose you and what was it like to be a witness to such historic change? well, they chose me because they were first of all, i had got a bursary from the guardian, so i was known. and i was when i. when i interviewed for the bursary, i talked about my work in the anti apartheid movement to alan rusbridger, who would become the editor. and it was a kind of typical liberal dilemma. they knew that there were stories that white journalists couldn t get in south africa in the run up to the elections, but they hadn t employed enough blackjournalists that they wanted to send, actually, barely any that they wanted to send. so they looked around for someone who is young, cheap, and black to send them to see
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0k. let s fast forward a bit from then, but presumably is still not making much money writing, 1994, you were sent by the guardian to south africa to govern the country s first democratic elections. why did they choose you and what was it like to be a witness to such historic change? well, they chose me because they were. first of all, i had got a bursary from the guardian so i was known. and i was when i. when i interviewed for the bursary i talked about my work in the anti apartheid movement to alan rusbridger who would become the editor. and it was a kind of typical liberal dilemma. they knew that there were stories that white journalists couldn t get in south africa in run up to the elections, but they hadn t employed enough blackjournalists that they want to send, actually, barely any that they want to send. so they looked around for someone