By MICHAEL O. ALLEN, Daily News Staff Writer | Sunday, April 3, 1994
Saraan Ajaye did not even know South Africa was a country until she took a human rights course a year ago.
Ajaye, a senior at the Bronx alternative high school Schomburg Satelite Academy, now sees the country’s gallop to democracy after three centuries of oppression as a civics lesson.
Never take your vote for granted, she said, pointing out how low turnout of African-American and Latino voters affected the outcome of the recent mayoral election. “As soon as I turned 18, I registered to vote,” she added.