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They Got to You Too

A Novel

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They Got to You Too

By: Futhi Ntshingila
Narrated by: Dawid Minnaar, Lerato Mvelase, Rika Sennett, Robert Hobbs, Chris Djuma
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Hans van Rooyen is a former police general raised by two women who survived the 1899 South African War. He finds himself being cared for in an old age home by the daughter of liberation struggle activists. At 80, he carries with him the memories of crimes he committed as an officer under the apartheid government.

Having eluded the public confessions at the TRC for his time in the Border Wars, he retained his position in the democratic South Africa, serving as an institutional memory for a new generation of police recruits.

Zoe Zondi is tasked to care for the old man. Her gentle and compassionate nature prompts Hans to review his decision to go to the grave with all his secrets. Zoe has her own life story to tell and, as their unlikely bond deepens, strengthened by the isolation that COVID-19 lockdown brings, they provide a safe space for each other to say the things that are often left unsaid.

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This is a beautifully written novel that seeks to reconcile and heal generational wounds and trauma between distinct sectors of South African society, as well as between men and women there as they both struggle with these legacies. In the process, I came to understand how apartheid came about in the first place, as part of a complex layered history, in a narrative that ultimately comes to grips with the consequences of colonialism. Highly recommend!

Post Apartheid novel takes a healing journey through South African history

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