CHILDREN OF SUGARCANE

<p><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Shanti is a heroine that the reader will not easily forget. The story that is told here is worth not only knowing but also remembering. - Siphiwe Gloria Ndlovu author filmmaker and academic </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Vividly set against the backdrop of 19th century India and the British-owned sugarcane plantations of Natal written with great tenderness and lyricism </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Children of Sugarcane</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> paints an intimate and wrenching picture of indenture told from a woman's perspective. </span></p><p> </p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Shanti a bright teenager stifled by life in rural India and facing an arranged marriage dreams that South Africa is an opportunity to start afresh. The Colony of Natal is where Shanti believes she can escape the poverty caste and troubling fate of young girls in her village. Months later after a harrowing sea voyage she arrives in Natal only to discover the profound hardship and slave labour that await her.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Spanning four decades and two continents </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Children of Sugarcane</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> demonstrates the lifegiving power of love heartache and the indestructible bonds between family and friends. These bonds prompt heroism and sacrifice the final act of which leads to Shanti's redemption.</span></p>