Apartheid

On Challenging Journeys We Find Out Who We Are<br /><br />Apartheid is a powerful memoir of Una's Personal and political struggles growing up in the peaceful community of Vrededorp Johannesburg South Africa.<br /><br />By age nine the political arena in South Africa changed; Una and her family are assessed segregated and uprooted from their home in Vrededorp by the Aparteid Authorities and moved to Coronationville a Johannesburg suburb.<br /><br />Witnessing The Sharpville Massacre in March 1960 a sudden shift of lens brought a new focus on her young mind that forever changed how she viewed those in power. After a failed marriage she is now a single mother and determined to find a better life for herself and her son.<br /><br />She falls in love with a German immigrant. With her fierce spirit she begins challenging the Immorality law and they fight for their love under the watchful eye and harassment of the local police.<br /><br />Her poems bring raw vulnerability and frustration to the forefront of what it feels like to be held back and watch injustice continue.