A seminal work that brings to life the brutality and awakening of 1970s apartheid South Africa.To Every Birth Its Blood is a lyrical, empathetic and hauntingly powerful debut novel by Mongane Wally Serote. Through a range of vivid characters, Serote ...
Weaving together many ideas about reconciliation after war, this novel introduces characters -- mostly artists and activists -- who, after the liberation of South Africa, try to understand what they fought for and why. At the center of the story is a...