were taking a gap year. “I’m going
to take a gap year and go to
Europe.” That’s what the white kids
were saying. So I said, “I, too, am
going to take a gap year. I am going
to take a year and go to the
township and hang out on the
corner.” And that’s what I did.
There was a low brick wall
running down the middle of the
road in front of Bongani’s house in
Alex, and every day Bongani and I
and our crew would go sit on the
wall. I’d bring my CDs. We’d play
music and practice dance moves.
We hustled CDs all day and DJ’d
parties at night. We started getting