Adopted Country Adopted Son

It'S Not Only The Rich And Famous Who Adopt Across Cultural Barriers Ordinary People Do It As Well. Imagine A Fifty-Five Year Old English Immigrant Adopting A Rural Teenage Zulu Boy In South Africa A Decade Or So After 1994. The Man And The Boy Have Lots Of Difficulties To Overcome. There Are High Points And Low Points: Is It Really Possible For An Englishman Steeped In European Philosophies And A Zulu Boy Who Believes In The Ancestors And Slaughtering Goats To Understand One Another? The Story Describes Realities In Present Day South Africa: On-Going Racial Tensions; The Terrible Divide Between Rich And Poor; Cultural Misunderstandings. It Also Describes A Crueler Aspect Of Life In South Africa For Tens Of Thousands Of Children That Of Sexual Molestation At Schools. The Boy Nkanyiso Is Molested By A Male Teacher And Jake Himself A Teacher Embarks On A Crusade To Highlight The Way Such Things Are Whitewashed By Authorities. Readers Will Gain Some Insight Into How Such Abuse Affects Children And Their Parents In An African Setting And Face The Horrible Truth That Many Parents - And Authorities - Protect The Abuser Rather Than The Abused. At The Same Time Readers Are Invited Into The World Of Ancestors Good And Bad And How A Zulu Boy And His Adopted White Father Deal With Such Issues. They Will Also See What Ordinary People Do When Others Are Trying To Kill Them.