The Function of Apartheid (ePub)

In an elegant and enthralling debut, Keshav Sukhu beautifully captures the potential of a country during and at the end of Apartheid. A tragic time during the history of mankind, this untold story of segregation and the impediments of the human condition has the capacity to change views and mindsets. Oscillating between the Seventies and Nineties, Sisokne Arosi tells his life story. Adopted at an early age during the peak of Apartheid by a wealthy white family, he must balance his affiliation with the black community and his new home in the opulent suburbs of Johannesburg.

Flashing back and forth between an all whites election; the Soweto Massacre and his adoptive sister's wedding, lies and secrets unfold into a captivating story. Sisonke must fight to protect his sister from her husband's dark and sinister secret while balancing the prejudice he is exposed to whilst lecturing at the University of Cape Town. He must come to terms with the death of many loved ones at the hands of men with guns and he must find semblance amongst the exposed lies his family told him.

And just as his life could not earn more complications, he must help an expelled student return to the university after falsely accusing him of assault. Awoken by a beautiful stranger in a hospital filled with prejudiced staff, he must choose between a new love and a history imbedded with familiarity and devotion. Through the balancing act that becomes his life, he formulates the equation that echoes through the corridors of the university:

Apartheid = Ignorance + Belligerence + Anger + Self-preservation + Fear + Love + Envy + Guilt