Wednesday, June 22, 2011

The First Lady and Her Continued Trip in South Africa

hat tip-The Obama Diary:

The First Lady continues her trip in South Africa. I can't express how I feel looking at the pictures coming back from this trip. This is a goosebumps moment that I didn't even know I wanted to have.








Children from a nearby creche hold placards as they wait for U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama before a wreath-laying ceremony at the Hector Pietersen Memorial in Soweto, June 22, 2011. Pietersen became a symbol of the apartheid struggle in South Africa when he was killed by police during the 1976 student uprising in Soweto .
---REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko








A choir sings before U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama speaks at Regina Mundi Church and addresses the Young African Women Leaders Forum in a Soweto township.
(doesn't matter the country, our elders singing in church, just give off the same vibe. the dress hats might look different, but you can feel it through the picture, their pride.)














Michelle Obama embraces Baleka Mbete, who has promoted equality and development in South Africa, with Graca Machel, wife of Nelson Mandela.










U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama (L) chats with Antoinette Sithole, sister of Hector Pietersen, before laying a wreath at the Hector Pietersen Memorial in Soweto, June 22, 2011. Hector Pietersen became a symbol of the apartheid struggle in South Africa when he was killed by police during the 1976 student uprising in Soweto .
-----REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko



U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama (R) chats with Antoinette Sithole, sister of Hector Pietersen, before laying a wreath at the Hector Pietersen Memorial in Soweto, June 22, 2011. Hector Pietersen became a symbol of the apartheid struggle in South Africa when he was killed by police during the 1976 student uprising in Soweto .
-----REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko



U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama (R) comforts Antoinette Sithole, sister of Hector Pietersen, after laying a wreath at the Hector Pietersen Memorial in Soweto, June 22, 2011. Hector Pietersen became a symbol of the apartheid struggle in South Africa when he was killed by police during the 1976 student uprising in Soweto .
----REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko


U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama (R) lays a wreath with Antoinette Sithole, sister of Hector Pietersen, at the Hector Pietersen Memorial in Soweto, June 22, 2011. Hector Pietersen became a symbol of the apartheid struggle in South Africa when he was killed by police during the 1976 student uprising in Soweto .
----REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko



U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama (R) comforts Antoinette Sithole, sister of Hector Pietersen, after laying a wreath at the Hector Pietersen Memorial in Soweto, June 22, 2011. Hector Pietersen became a symbol of the apartheid struggle in South Africa when he was killed by police during the 1976 student uprising in Soweto .
----REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko



The First Lady at a ‘breakout’ session at the Young African Youth Leaders Forum in Johannesburg









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