As the school year at Choate is now winding up, I am able to spend more time preparing for my trip to Africa this summer. I'll be spending the last three weeks of July teaching in Cape Town, and then a few days in the Johannesburg area, which will include some time in a game park. In putting together the readings and syllabus for my course--"Modern Africa and Global Relations"--I've been thinking about the continent more broadly, particularly how Africa figures in the globalization movement. I am looking forward to checking things out for myself.