children in Johannesburg, South Africa
a wall in Johannesburg, South Africa
street vendor in Johannesburg, South Africa
a Nelson Mandela statue in Johannesburg, South Africa
an art exhibit in Johannesburg, South Africa
a restaurant in Johannesburg, South Africa
a restaurant in Johannesburg, South Africa
Universal Language

Future singer-songwriters fill small chairs at a street corner in the Maboneng Precinct every Sunday afternoon for Sidewalk Sessions, a community-building initiative established by Kelly Grevler (pictured). She gives free guitar lessons to young neighborhood children.

Read more in "A New Golden Age in Johannesburg" in the December 2013/January 2014 issue of National Geographic Traveler (subscribe here).

Photograph by Bram Lammers

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