Danielle Esplin
Danielle Esplin studied BSc Food Science with Chemistry at the University of Stellenbosch. She was one of the top students, and she got a full-ride scholarship. After years of sleepless nights, working in the laboratories and experimenting with new food products, she realized that something was missing.
And that was writing and the freedom to express herself as an artist.
Without telling anyone, she packed her bags in her apartment, waved her twin good-bye, trudged down the street on campus and got on a bus. When she crossed the border, entering Namibia, she switched on her phone and sent her mother a text : "I dropped out of University." She never looked back.
In Namibia, among the countless dunes that appeared like a half-closed girdle nes
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