Suzanne Franco
Exile Child
Torn from her South African tribe by Dutch settlers, sold as a slave, trapped in a world of debauchery and trickery, and humiliated while living in early 19th-century London and Paris, Sarah Bartmann clings desperately to her beliefs and the memories of her native land.
Exile Child is more than just her story. It is a tale of hope, of courage beyond human endurance, of the power of the human spirit, of a young woman who refuses to give in to the alien world into which she has been so violently thrust.
REVIEWS
“Exile Child is a historically correct flesh-and-blood portrayal of one of our most tragic heroines.”
— The Sowetan Newspaper
Soul Force
Under the hardship of white oppression in South Africa during the early 1900’s, Valliamma and her Satyagrahi sisters are desperate to carry out their mission as they bravely march along endless dirt roads, pressing on across forbidden provincial borders. The Regime’s brutal and unforgiving law enforcement waiting for them – weapons in hand.
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“Valliamma, you do not regret having gone to jail?” Mohandas Gandhi asked the ailing girl.
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”I am now ready to go to jail again, if arrested, even in my fragile state.” Valliamma replied, peacefully.
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