Articles for tag: Afrikaner Family, Broken Promises, Damon Galgut, Family Dynamics, Land Rights, Post-apartheid South Africa, Social Justice, South African History

The Promise – Damon Galgut

This a book about South Africa.  It follows through four decades of history as is the South Africa as seen from an Afrikaner family – albeit a dystopian Afrikaner family. Ma dies during the last days of apartheid, but before she does, she asks Pa to make a promise.  The promise is that Salome, the ...