The Inheritors: An Intimate Portrait Of A Brave And Bewildered Nation (Trade Paperback)
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R 320.00
Original price
R 320.00
R 320.00
R 320.00
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R 320.00
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R 320.00
A dozen years in the making, The Inheritors weaves together the stories of three ordinary South Africans over five tumultuous decades in a sweeping and exquisite look at what really happens when a country resolves to end white supremacy.
Observing subtle truths about race and power that extend well beyond national borders, Fairbanks explores questions that preoccupy so many of us today: How can we let go of our pasts, as individuals and as countries? How should historical debts be paid? And how can a person live an honorable life in a society that – for better or worse – they no longer recognise?
- Political activist Dipuo, who fought to take down history’s strictest segregationist system.
- Dipuo’s daughter Malaika, who excels brilliantly after segregation’s collapse but wrestles with her relationship to her mother and her duty to her country.
- And Christo, one of the last White South Africans drafted to fight for apartheid as it crumbled around him.
Observing subtle truths about race and power that extend well beyond national borders, Fairbanks explores questions that preoccupy so many of us today: How can we let go of our pasts, as individuals and as countries? How should historical debts be paid? And how can a person live an honorable life in a society that – for better or worse – they no longer recognise?