Its four, representative protagonists have assumed the historical legacy of what is now the Republic of South Africa, the location of Fairbanks’ first assignment away from the United States. Of the buzzwords that attach to South Africa, perhaps three can be said to be universal: apartheid and Nelson Mandela. Christo, a white Afrikaaner man progresses from being a pro-apartheid army recruit to becoming a lawyer in the new South Africa. For example, where once there was a Dutch East India Company in what is now South Africa, there was once an Imperial British East Africa Company in what is now Kenya. Further, she explains that segregation, under apartheid, involved four groupings: black, white, Indians and coloureds.

Source: Daily Nation July 16, 2022 03:21 UTC