Episode 1: Emily Marshall

Our first guest Emily Marshall is a young first generation South African. She was born in 1994, a couple of months after South Africa’s legendary democratic elections, which makes her part of the born-frees as well as a millennial. Emily’s parents would be classified as ‘immigrants’, with roots in Germany and Zimbabwe. They also have strong Christian beliefs - as does Emily who moved around a lot and eventually ended up in the Western Cape. She is busy finishing her Masters in Occupational Therapy at the University of Cape Town, where she also experienced the increasingly turbulent and polarizing Fees Must Fall protests. How does she fit in? Where does she get her sense of identity from? Is she an insider or an outsider? What does her life look like? What are her ideals and aspirations?