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Issue No# 1 International School of Tanganyika

September 2014

Anne Frank House

OMG FACTS

Creative Writing Corner

Student Feature

Teacher

Feature:

The Rise of the Islamic State

So, this is it. This is the new face of the image. This is in all its glory, the beginning of a new era in The Image. It’s pretty exciting. For us and we hope, for you, our readers. It’s been a long time coming, this turnover. The Image has been around for long. It might have been pretty exciting when it started, but one thing is sure, its glow has been dimmed for a long time. We hope to reinstate it to its former position as the eyes and ears of IST. We have some new features in this issue we hope will stay. We also have the old ones, just updated to fit in. We are as ever, open to contributions. So drop in a comment whenever you feel like. We hope you enjoy reading this issue as much as we enjoyed making it. We hope you enjoy it enough to read our upcoming issues (we have one every month). To new beginnings.......

From the Editor

Hows it going IST?! This is The Image. We are the

school newspaper, aiming to bring out the

talents from all the creative students of IST. Our issues include: sports, life, media, comics, jokes and tons of

articles. This is our first issue of the year 2014-2015, and we

hope you enjoy it!! !

-The Image Team

Message from the team

Salma Abdusalaam

CASS CORNER!!

Cancer Institute has been one of the longest-standing community service activities at IST. It involves trips to the cancer institute, which is located on the

Ocean Road, and it is the only facility in Tanzania that specialises in cancer treatment, thus causing patients to come from all over Tanzania to receive the

required treatment.

A group of students from IST, led by the fully capable Jamie Fuller and Oumou McAra go to the

Cancer Institute every week to play with the children at the hospital. These children are all at different

stages of cancer therefore some are very energetic and some are not. What this community service tries to do is organise activities to do with the children that

range from colouring to playing badminton. These activities are aimed at cheering the kids up and helping them

take their minds off the pain that they are currently facing. !

The CAS group has had a lot of interest this year, with many people signing up to join. However, the group cannot take a large number of students to the

hospital as there are a lot of sick people and a lot of students can cause unnecessary noise.

! By interacting with the local community in Tanzania and caring for

children who are very sick, this community service group helps to provide a creative outlet for the children by taking their mind off their current situation

and just letting them be normal kids; playing around and not worrying about the pain that they are in. We hope to hear more from the CAS this year!

-Sarah Creighton

What’s happening at…. Cancer Institute

Creative Writing Corner

Uhuru Peak A Place That Literally Takes Your Breath Away…

!§ The first ray of sunshine has always symbolized something harmonious. However never have I experienced a sunrise quite like the one at Africa's roof, Uhuru Peak. As we started our ascend to the peak, the darkness slowly ate up the last bit of hope that this frosty night would ever come to an end. The bleak wind biting my upper lip soon became an unbearable pain. I licked my lips and tried to keep them moist by breathing in my ski mask. However it merely worked, and I was left with a suffocating woolly taste in my mouth. The wind powerfully whistled as we walked the snow filled path around the crater rim, giving us a sense of the true grace of Mt. Kilimanjaro. Other than the raucous wind and the desperate sound of blocked noses trying to catch their breath, it was dead silent. Not even the soothing sound of an aeroplane in the distance was to be heard. This stillness just made the path to the peak look even more undoable and gloomy.

The combination of the frigid temperatures and the lack of oxygen truly made this experience surreal. Like a scene from a sci-fi movie , about twenty creatures all wearing woolly scarves covering their faces, walking in one straight line in complete silence on a artic yet almost Martian landscape. Even though no words are exchanged everyone still had the same goal in mind. So everyone just pushed on and eagerly waited for the sun to show us the first welcoming greetings of the new day. Suddenly I catch my mind fantasizing about the steaming hot bath that awaits me at Marangu Hotel, and a little warm and pleasant feeling spread from my chest all the way to my stiff fingertips desperately clasping on to my loyal walking stick. I look up and my breath is literally taken away by the grandness displayed right in front of me. The bare glaciers solemnly stood on either side of the frosty path guarding the snow caped peak. The last few meters to the peak is definitely the most remarkable few meters that I have ever walked. Past the glaciers and the up-hill struggle, there is a vast flat piece of land. The sky was still dark however the icy ground radiated some kind of light.

It didn't just radiate light it also emanated a sense of hope and accomplishment. A feeling that this would all be over soon and that soon we would be able to return to our comfortable sleeping bags. Soon after we reached the peak, we stood on the rim of the enormous crater and admire the sun rising over the sleeping African continent. All of a sudden all the deep snow that was trying to suffocate just moments ago, looked more like a soft velvet blanket. The morning star silently disappeared behind Mt. Meru and the newborn sun conquered the sky. We stand in awe. Watching the clouds slowly abandon sky beneath us. However, after a few moments the chilly breeze picks up and transforms into a cold wind . We are forced to retreat from the ledge and start on our journey back to camp. I take one last glance at this astonishing yet hostile environment, that is when I realize that this is the definition of natural beauty. A kind of beauty that people strive for and that people are ready to give every last bit of their strength just to experience this unforgiving environment for five minutes. There is only one word that truly describes the way I felt on Uhuru Peak : untouchable .

- Julie Friis Dalsgaard (8A)

Anne Frank House A Step into Living History Peak …

Sitting up Mary Poppins style on your newly rented bicycle you peddle slowly through the thin tree

lined streets of Amsterdam. Glancing over at your reflection in the calm, murky waters of the canals you notice white swans with

arced necks seemingly floating over the still surface. Luckily you swerve out of the way just in time as a fellow biker family zooms past dinging their

bells. Careful not to get too lost in the beauty of this place again you focus on the tall, thin buildings surrounding you on either side, they are so packed together

that to you they seem to form a wall; a wall, you think, between this beautiful, surreal land and the highway running from it.

You slow down as you reach the area you’d been looking for on your map but you can’t suppress the groan that’s escaping you as you glance around and notice the line. It flows out and around the building, wickedly wrapping around corner

after corner and finally dwindling and coming to the end around the church. Countless sun screened, sunglass-wearing tourists dawdle

around desperately killing time while the line inches along. You sigh and start forward; after all what’s two hours waiting in line compared to the two years Anne Frank had to stay cooped

up her Secret Annex hiding from the Nazis? That’s right you’re going to the Anne Frank house; the secret annex of one of the most famous wartime victims.

Later, after the grueling two hour-long wait we come across you drooped on the curb like a wilting flower in

the summer heat; with an icy water bottle pressed against your sweaty forehead and a visor shielding your eyes from the blaring sun you

stumble into the cool AC room and come alive again. You have just taken your first step into living history. With the crowed pressing in from behind you grab a guidebook and head into the next room. The voices of victims fill your ears; gazing around, you witness the traumatic events of World War Two from the very room you are standing in. Pictures of scared children and families wearing the Star of

David flash across the screen as you listen to their pained voices reliving their nightmares. You shuffle through room after room of lives and memories

unknown to you until now. Eventually you glance up and discover a series of stairs leading up into what must be the Secret Annex.

You eagerly grab the banisters and pull yourself up.

And there it is. Right in front of your

eyes. Your breath catches as you see it. The bookshelf,

the very one that Anne Frank and her family walked through to get into the secret Annex,

where they would hide for two years only to later be found; this bookshelf, this one right here. It’s now covered in plastic, but still swings open to reveal the

secret passage into the Annex. Her walls are plastered with pictures cut from

magazines. You see chimps at a tea party and a cute little baby all stuck onto the wall; the

pictures are fading and brittle but you can still see how they gave her small amounts of happiness. You’re standing in her room; the very room she described

so lovingly in her diary.

In the next room you notice a huddle of people. You hurry

over. There sitting on a shelf is her diary. You can’t stop staring at her sprawling handwriting,

spelling-out her quirky memoirs of life in the annex. To you her very personality is bound up in that small red

checkered diary that for so long patiently held Anne Franks words to one day inspire the world and make everlasting her

brave, hopeful vision of the future. You can’t bear taking the last step out of the house but

you have to. Walking out you glance at the 2.5 km long line filled with countless clumps of tourists. You smile as you see

everyone from rickety grandparents to tiny tots wandering around; all of them have come to

stand in this piece of history. Anne Frank deserved every single one of

them. - Tamara-Jo Schaapherder 8B

OMG FACTS

In the original version of Cinderella the slipper was made

out of fur, not glass. !

Coca-cola would be green if coloring weren’t added to it. !

A cockroach can live several weeks with its head cut off.!

Rats and horses cannot vomit. !

Women blink twice as much as men. !

“Dreamt” is the only English word that ends in the letters “mt”. !

A person swallows approximately 295 times while eating dinner. !

99% of people cannot lick their elbow. !

You share your birthday with at least 9 million other people in the world. !

The Bible is the most-shoplifted book in the World. !

The average four year-old child asks over four hundred questions a day.

!Surgeons)who)listen)to)music)during)operation)perfor5)be7er)than)

those)who)don’t.)

-Sandra Temu

!S: If you were a superhero, what powers would you like to

have?

MH: Mind Control! !S: If you were to be a celebrity for a day, who would you be?

MH: The Queen.. !S: What color would you dye your hair apart from brown,

maroon or black?

MH: Bright Red! !S: What is your favorite cereal?

MH: Fruit & Fiber. !S: How old do you want to be right now?

MH: Twenty-five! Mrs. Henderson (Chemistry Teacher)

BY SAINA LALJI (IB2)

Teacher

Feature:

New student Tracey Alfeu: New student Tracey Alfeu is from Mozambique. She is very interested in science and has had lots of FUN being able to learn from Mr. Loschi (science teacher). Her favorite sport is rugby and she also enjoys eating chapattis on Chapatti Friday and from the canteen menu at IST.

Settling in: Tracey has had a lot of experiences in settling in at IST

She told me that she is very happy about how the other students treat her at IST.

At first she said she was a little nervous and frightened but excited at the same

time to come into a new school. Tracey is very happy of how she has been able to

make friends at IST and is having a great time. As all new students, Tracey is still

trying to find her way and is making a lot of progress.

I hope all students at IST are still making her feel welcome into the IST family and

will keep up the good work.

-Kayleen Van Rensburg.

Student Feature

The Islamic State (IS), previously known as the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL), is a

self-proclaimed caliphate (An Islamic state/nation ruled by a caliph)

established by a group of Sunni Islamic jihadists (‘jihad’ literally means “a war or struggle against unbelievers”). This group of jihadists originally

descended from the Al Qaeda of Iraq (AQI), an Iraqi division of the Al Qaeda in the past. The ISIS was declared on the 3rd of January in the

city of Fallujah, Iraq. On June 29th, almost seven months later, ISIS declared a caliphate and set the Syrian city of Ar-Raqqah as its capital. Subsequently, ISIS removed Iraq and Levant from its name and declared

the Islamic State.*

* For political reasons and the reader’s convenience, we will preserve the name of ISIS for this article.

Till today, the ISIS has taken control over vast territories in the region of Iraq and Syria. Despite under a multitude of opposition from different opponents and adversaries, ISIS showed no signs of flinching. Meanwhile, ISIS has been calling

out for Sunni Muslims in every country to join the organization. In fact, this summoning actually brought the ISIS, a continuous flow of new jihadists from all over the world. The CIA claims that ISIS has by now at least 20,000 militants, though the number is likely to be bigger than that. Knowing that the ISIS has been defined as a terrorist group by many nations/organizations, it is certainly very shocking to see so many people joining it. What is worse at the moment is that no practical retaliation has been formed against ISIS.

! The recent United States air strike on the ISIS controlled territory did not

severely injure or weaken ISIS in anyway. Realizing that the strategies deployed have proven to be ineffective, President Obama has also been very frustrated.

Perhaps we people in East Africa find this news quite irrelevant to our lives since we are thousands of kilometers away from the Middle East. However, there are still

plenty of questions for us to think and worry about, especially seeing the ISIS expanding every day. What will happen if the ISIS gradually extends its territory into East Africa? What will we do if ISIS incites or stirs related terrorism in East

African countries? It is a gloomy but also true fact that we are not living in a world with a lot of peace and security. Therefore, these questions are definitely worth

considering.

The Rise of the Islamic

State

George Zhou

Dystopian fiction has always been a favorite among the young crowd. For its thrill, adventure,

romance, tragedy, for everything that is completely different from our personal lives. They enable us to form

different perspectives on certain issues we might be facing. They help us live lives outside our own. Divergent by

upcoming YA author Veronica Roth is one such book. It has been received generously by critics and readers alike.

The book follows Beatrice Prior a sixteen-year old member of the Abnegation community, as she goes through The Choosing and carves a niche for herself in her partitioned society. The protagonist, Tris (as she comes to be known) is Divergent; meaning

that she has an aptitude for more than one faction. The society she lives in has been divided into five factions, each containing members who show an aptitude for its primary values. The

Abnegation or the selfless, The Candor or the honest, The Amity or the peaceful, The Erudite or the intelligent and The Dauntless or the brave. On Choosing Day, Tris must choose one of these

factions as her future. And thus starts her journey as she chooses a faction and lives with knowledge that she is Divergent which in turn leads her down a dangerous path during which

she has to make hard choices, willingly or not. ! The style of writing is fast-paced as is accepted for a novel of such a genre; however this could go either ways as sometimes the novels seems to almost flit from one event to another leaving the reader with no time to absorb the events in, fully. These also conflict with the

emotions of the characters as they rush through the events; their reactions seem less plausible than it should be. Yet the storyline is very good and unique and very rarely providing clichéd

scenarios as is often observed among the novels of this genre. Although it would not be fair to say that it is very well thought out, there are still few gaps in the story, whether it is due to

this being the first in the series or because of holes present in the story itself, is unclear. !Even though the romantic angle presented sometimes induces eye rolls due to its predictability, however it

does not interfere with the main plot. There are also instances where it loses its grip on the books reality and wanders. There are some very well written moments in the book where the novel and the writer shine,

reminding the readers of its potential. These moments are well worth the read. The characters are fresh and have been well crafted with only a few details missing here and there. There is one main problem with

the entire novel; the factions have not been completely thought out as it is nonsensical to imagine the existence of such a society where its inhabitants have one main characteristic trait. In theory, it is

impossible. Since us as humans, encompass all of the above characteristics, it is hard to follow the logic behind such a partition.

All in all, the book proves to be a good read with promises of more to follow in its sequels. It boasts new ideas and theories. Although it has been compared to the Hunger Games for being similar in more ways than one, it does stand on its own in many others. Even though,

the success of The Hunger Games has eclipsed the success of Divergent, kudos to the author for writing this book as it is. Fresh, raw and filled with obstacles.

Book Review Divergent

-Salma Abdusalaam

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Movie> Review>

Sports Section The sports season here at IST has kicked off to a great start. Training has commenced for the Football, Volleyball, and Basketball teams in preparation for the ISSEA trips. This year, there is a new kid on the block. Track and Field has been officially been announced as an ISSEA sport, with a team being sent to Ethiopia in the month of October. Due to the victory of last years ISSEA Basketball team; we’re hoping that we’ll see some more banners up in the MPH this year.!

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At the beginning of IB1, Jessica’s focus was primarily

on flowers, focusing on their shape, form and the intricate details.

However, she found this slightly monotonous and decided to focus in a

different direction: Portraiture. She subsequently started doing self

portraits to represent herself and also about the human condition. She

concentrated on the vanity and beauty of the human condition as well as how

imperfect it is. The medium used for these portraits was mainly charcoal, using an

effect called chiaroscuro, an Italian term meaning light and dark.

!

The biggest thing that affects her artwork is herself. Since Jessica speaks

many languages fluently, such as Russian and Italian, it is hard to describe a

feeling or thought as these can get lost in translation. Therefore, being able to

draw, smudge and rub enables Jessica to re-create this word/thought/feeling

through art. !

Before finding her true passion (charcoal self-portraits) Jessica experimented with

different mediums such as watercolor, acrylic and other types of art that are not portraiture.

These ultimately helped to develop her style. Her portraits are not the usual ones that you

would normally see, they are thought provoking with a bird’s nose replaced with a human

one or fingers at the end of hair strands. These portraits are extremely stunning for us

as viewers. With their realistic effect yet abstract details, we can’t wait to see what

Jessica will do in the future.

- Sarah Creigton

Jesica Livon Grade 12 IB ART

FOLK !To Be alone - Ben Howard !

Old Pine - Ben Howard !ALTERNATIVE !

Centuries - Fall out Boy !Cool Kids - Echosmith !High Hopes - Kodaline !

REGGAE !Smokin’ Love - Stick-figures !

Rude - Magic !POP !

Shake it off - Taylor Swift !Counting Stars - Maroon 5 !

Amnesia - 5SOS !POP/ROCK !

Maps - Maroon 5 !Magic - Coldplay !

HIP HOP/RAP !Fancy - Iggy Azalea !

Black widow - Iggy azalea

Playlist of the Month

By: Carla

Fascinating Tradition!

Dressed in colourful Kimono with their anxious parents watching, babies aged 6-18 months face a battle like no other – a battle which requires speed and stamina. A battle

whose winner will be the longest and hardest-crying baby. “Naki-zumo” (crying baby sumo), is a Japanese Tradition which dates back to 400 years.

It is inspired by the Japanese proverb, “naku ko wa sodatsu” (crying babies grow fast) and it is held annually on the 5th of May which is Children’s day in Japan, at Hiroshima. Whilst

there, the rules are simple: two toddlers are either placed on pillows or held by amateur sumo wrestlers, facing each other and the sumo ‘referee’ starts to taunt the babies, persuading them to cry. He cheers “nake, nake” (cry cry) and if it doesn’t bring tears to the toddlers’

eyes, he pulls out his demon mask and attempts to frighten the kids to tears. It is believed that Naki-zumo encourages healthy growth amongst babies and it scares away

evil spirits too! A crowd constituting of hundreds of parents and their babies, watch anxiously for the

winner of the crying completion, as they await their turn on to the stage! - Alicequina Veloso (IB2)

Two teenagers come across an abandoned picnic. A sign in front of the picnic says, FREE FOOD.

Promisetown has been in dire straits ever since the local factory closed two years ago. The townspeople attempt to divide the food fairly, but end up struggling to reconcile their belief systems with their greed.A stranger appears out of nowhere, offering to solve their problems, but ends up altering the town's course forever.

Tickets: 5000 TSh or a donation of dried or canned food

Free by Lindsay Price A Middle School Play

IST Black Box Theater !Thursday Oct 2 4:30 PM Friday Oct 3 4:30 PM Saturday Oct 4 7:00 PM

!Running Time: 40 minutes

Free Food… Or is it?

Get your tickets from the Drama office or any cast member.

Message From Teachers !

Huge congratulations To Isabel Stephens and Farah Shah in Grade 6 for winning the IST Story Club Project! Both of these

stories will be translated into Kiswahili and published in both languages so

they can be distributed to the community. 4 of our students are

currently working on illustrations for the stories. Watch this space for a sneak peek of their published and

illustrated stories!! !!ASA After School Activities are live and kicking! Learning doesn’t stop at the end of period 4. This term the campus has been bustling until past 6pm every day with After School Activities well underway. Want to find out what’s been happening? Read on…

Monday!

!MUN candidates can be found busy researching,

writing resolutions and debating in preparation for upcoming conferences. Art club participants are working hard as they create commissions for the library, and our

sports teams have been training for their first competitive fixtures. ‘The Image’, secondary

school’s student-run newspaper is redesigning itself and Jazz band and guitar clubs are

bringing out the best in musicians. !!

Library:!Destiny Quest:!

the new library software that lets you look up books, rate or recommend them, keep track of

titles and manage your own acocunt! Your login is firstname-lastname and the password is tanga01.

Email Mrs. Park or stop by the library if you need help.!!All of the new library books are now on display and ready to be checked out! Stop by and find something new and exciting to read. Middle school fiction is downstairs and

everything else is upstairs. The library is open from 7-16:30 Monday through Thursday and 7-15:00 on Friday.!!

To all students: if you have a poem/ story/ song/ article/ comic/ photo/ painting etc….. that you’d like to

submit for publication in the IMAGE, we welcome all submissions! Please send by email to

kquint@istafrica.com!

Tuesday(Over 50 students gathered in

the courtyard at 6.30AM for the weekly Twiga morning run. After school,

student-led Take Action Tuesday groups held learning exchanges and interactions with a range of

community partners on and off campus. These ranged from arts and crafts session with children from

Matumaini school, visits to children’s wards in two local hospitals, to researching and planning

environmental and social advocacy campaigns. Baba Watoto were in the MPH giving our students a taste of the circus with various acrobatic and gymnastic sequences being

taught. On the field, our senior girls football squad are developing their skills and working on their fitness.

!Wednesday

!Thursday

Senior Volleyball and Junior football teams played games against local schools (we have over 150 students playing football this year!). Cricketers played games at Funky’s, and a DP student-led group of girls sweated as

they started their fitness program. The hard court was crawling with climbers on the

climbing wall whilst dedicated musicians practiced with the After School Band in the music room. Dancers danced in the green room and budding

the MS thespians took to the boards in the black box. ! !

… And much, much more! For an overview of our After School Activity program, please check out over 70 after school activities and community action projects that our secondary school students are involved in. The program is expanding and we welcome any comments or suggestions on how we can improve what we are doing.

Over 40 students participate in the strength and conditioning program at 6.30 AM whilst others were training for football and basketball. After school, swimmers worked on developing their stroke and some challenged themselves in the water polo club. The first IST swim squad training of the year was also held. Budding Golfers honed their skills at the driving range whilst 60 HS play participants commit to rehearsals. A DP student-initiated diving club went out for a great late afternoon scuba dive exploring a local reef off Bongoyo island and enjoyed a stunning sunset on the way back to campus.

Photographers(Collage

The Diploma retreat is a yearly trip for IB 1 students that allows them to

familiarise themselves with the CORE of the IB Diploma program. It also gives

students a chance to learn a little bit about IST, marking schemes and

future options. This year’s Mambo DP retreat theme was “Stepping up,

Stepping out”. !The theme was meant to encourage us to take risks, ask questions, mingle with each other and try new things. It embodied the spirit of the PAMOJA way.

According to Mr. Kernice, “The theme highlights our belief in the importance of increasing student participation

and influence in the decisions affecting them, and how they can make a difference in the world”. !

Another major part of the Diploma retreat is the exploration of TOK, CAS, the IB Learner Profile and approaches to

learning, in order to create a blanched and healthy lifestyle as a student in the Diploma program. !

A variety of activities including the silent card game, the tug of truth, a slightly altered version of never have I ever, staging

a culture and many more, incorporated ideas and concepts that required us to think about what we would do in certain

situations. It forced us to question what we know, and what we believe in, to step out of our comfort zones, and step into a new culture. !

The trip started of with inspirational speaker Rakesh Rajani in the library. Rakesh Rajani is a founder of many non-profit organisations that aim towards working with street children, and

providing a good standard of education in Tanzania. He spoke to us about his life, where he came from, and where he was now, the choices he made, his regrets, but most of all

about the key to success, which ironically, there isn’t, as he puts it. For many of us, it was a talk that inspired us to be more, to follow our dreams and to do what we do

best. !After the talk we began to board the buses to Kunduchi Hotel and

Beach Resort, where the retreat was going to take place. We were there for 2 nights and 3 days. At the hotel, we did a

variety of activities, and had a few speakers to occupy us. !

DP Mambo Retreat 2014

Some of the highlights of the trip included: !Silent Card Game: We were divided into groups of 5 or 6, given playing cards and a set of rules. The winner would rotate to the next table clockwise, an the loser anti

clockwise, at the end of each game. However, the catch was we weren’t allowed to talk! Imagine moving to a different table and trying to figure out what was going on when you

couldn’t talk. It didn’t take long for people to figure out different rules were being play don each table. !

World Hunger Lunch Scenario: I don’t want to spoil the fun for next year’s diploma, but this was a real life scenario where we got to understand world hunger statistics as they truly are. Let’s just say this

lesson came to us on a whole personal level. However, it was nice to feel and understand what people who are less fortunate go through everyday. !

Tug of Truth: This was an activity that forced us to question what we though we knew and believed in. We had to provide an explanation for why we though what we did, and justify our beliefs. I know some of us

walked away feeling like our world had been bent upside down. !In addition to these activities, we had pre-breakfast exercises that such as circuit training, yoga, bird watching

and Pilates. !Our CAS session on the last day enlightened us on what CAS was, personal stories from students and

teachers, and a chance to hear about student initiated groups. !We all took a great deal from this experience; making new friends, getting are questions answered,

feeling a sense of relief in terms of our futures and simply just spending time with one another. On the last night we enjoyed a fine meal on the beach with some great music and dance! We uncovered

musical talents by the bonfire, and by the time we had to leave the next day,

we were all sad that we would be leaving this trip, but at least we had

the memories, the new friends and experiences. !

So this year, Step Up and Step Out!

The IMAGE Credits !

The Writing Department: Salma Abdussalam (Chief Editor)

George Zhou Mubanga Peeperkorn Kayleen van Rensburg

Mirengeri Diallo Sarah Creighton

Carla Pelser Sandra Temu Babra Temu

Fatema Abdulrasul Nuru Bakhresa

!Photographers:

Sayyeda Rajani (Chief Photographer) Sajida Dewji

Shiv Mahtani Anthony Mboyane

Iwan Attoui Carlize Potgieter

!PR Department: Ashraf Bade

Matthew Lamont !

Designers: Saina Lalji (Chief Designer)

Aliasgher Rajani Angel Gyan

Tania Ndirangu