Final answer:
The essay "A South African Storm" by Allison Howard is written in the third person.
Step-by-step explanation:
The essay "A South African Storm" by Allison Howard is written in the third person. In a detached third person point of view, the narrator refers to the characters as he/she/they, without being present in the story. This means that the story is not written from the perspective of any specific character or an all-knowing narrator who can reveal the thoughts and actions of all the characters.