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...that such a close family would voluntarily separate, but the Doveys knew that it made the most sense. Political upheaval in South Africa had destroyed the country's infrastructure and education standards were low. "They were so happy and integrated. It didn't make sense to bring them back," Lindi's father says. "I saw it more functionally, in terms of the education...
...Lindi grew up in South Africa and Australia. "My dad is an academic, but is more of an action-academic since he combines community work and action with academia," Lindi says. "He began an institution to promote nonracial relationships--this was all going on during apartheid." Though the Doveys have deep roots in South Africa, subtle pressures from the apartheid regime eventually prompted her parents to move to Australia when she was three. From then on, Lindi's family shuttled back and forth between the two countries about every two years, drawn back by her parents' desire to help South...
...Amid the many moves, her family remained the only constant factor. "We are really, really, really close," Lindi says. "Maybe too close at times--I still feel a kind of subconscious presence that they are with me." But Lindi hasn't lived with her parents in four years. With her younger sister Ceridwen working in London and her parents back in South Africa, the Doveys are scattered across the globe...
...Lindi and Ceridwen first separated from their parents in 1995 when the Doveys moved back to South Africa and the girls made the painful decision to stay in Australia together. "I had two years left of school," Lindi says. "They went back to their jobs in South Africa, but my sister and I got an apartment in Sydney. We saw them twice a year for four weeks at a time." Lindi was 17 years...
...AROLDO LINDI...