KSB präsentiert Ihnen jeden Mittwoch einen Gastbeitrag von Milton Milaras. In Ausgabe Nummer drei von «From Joburg to Bern» macht sich unser Autor Gedanken zum Luxus, nachts angstfrei durch die Strassen wandeln zu können.
Wir wagen den Versuch und drucken Milaras’ Beiträge vorerst nur auf Englisch.
I have a request to make of you. Please take pause to appreciate what it means to be able to walk at night. Really think about the societal implications of this single artless act. The ease with which you can stumble laughingly home at 4 am, or the crisp pleasure of taking a midnight walk to clear your sleepless head.
Walking at night has long been a personal symbol of safety and freedom which I thirstily consume in the ‘first world’. South Africa does not easily know this gift. Between the insurmountable sprawling divided geographies of its cities, and the paralysing vulnerability lurking in the violent threat of the dark – few, by choice, walk at night. Do not take this privilege for granted. Rather, be consciously, vehemently and gently grateful for it. And whisper your thanks to the night: that all peoples may know its peace too, someday soon. Min temek labwaab assama.
Milton Milaras ist vor ein paar Monaten in Bern gestrandet und kennt die Hauptstadt mittlerweile fast so gut wie seine Heimat Johannesburg. Er is Autor, Geograph und Tänzer und unterrichtet immer mittwochs ab 17.30 Uhr «Creative Writing» an der autonomen Schule Denk:Mal in der Lorraine.
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