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A Burning Hunger
Lynda Schuster
Publisher: Jonathan Cape (London) 2006
Hardback - 451 pages with a number of black and white photographs.
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This is the history of a South African family that suffered, resisted, and finally triumphed over apartheid; a book that is as fascinating as the best novels." "A story of imprisonment, torture, seperation and loss; it is also one of dignity, courage and strength in the face of appalling adversity."
This family, Joseph and Nomkhitha Mashinini and their thirteen children, became immersed in almost every facet of the liberation struggle—from guerrilla warfare to urban insurrection. Although Joseph and Nomkhitha were peaceful citizens who had never been involved in politics, five of their sons became leaders in the antiapartheid movement. When the students of Soweto rose up in 1976 to protest a new rule making Afrikaans the language of instruction, they were led by charismatic young Tsietsi Mashinini. Scores of students were shot down and hundreds were injured. Tsietsi's actions on that day set in motion a chain of events that would forever change South Africa, define his family, and transform their lives.
A Burning Hunger shows the human catastrophe that plagued generations of black Africans in the powerful story of one religious and law-abiding Soweto family. Basing her narrative on extensive research and interviews, Lynda Schuster richly portrays this remarkable family and in so doing reveals black South Africa during a time of momentous change.
