Escaping Apartheid: A Letter to My Mother by Nomanono Isaacs
Synopsis
A Letter to My Mother is the harrowing, true story of Nomanono Isaacs, a young girl born at the height of South Africa’s cruel and oppressive Apartheid regime. Forced to endure cruelties that were beyond measure, the brave young woman manages to fool the brutal Special Branch police force and makes an arduous and dangerous getaway to neighbouring Swaziland, where she hopes for a brand new start. Told as a long and loving letter to her mother, this book is a must-read for anyone who wishes to experience the strength of the human spirit at its finest.
Excerpt
LOVE UNDER A WILLOW TREE Mama, the year is 1992 and the month is May. We are thousands of miles apart. You are in South Africa and I am in England. It was twenty-four years last Christmas since I saw you. Do you remember the Christmas of 1967? I remember it as though it was yesterday! It was the last time we spent together. There are so many things that I always wished I could tell you about. I always hoped we would meet soon. But soon has turned into many years. Nevertheless I still pray to whoever is out there in the universe that one day we will meet. I pray our old prayers too - to our ancestors. One evening four years ago I scribbled these lines: So many times I have told myself Life has to go on anyway. For there is so much I want to do. I have told myself Life is short and has to be lived, <div style="font-family: He