Lauretta Ngcobo
R250.00
Back in print:
Cross of Gold is an expansive, heartrending, anger-inducing portrayal of Black life in South Africa after the Sharpeville massacre of 1960.
Cross of Gold
Through the experiences of a range of characters, chiefly Mandla Zikode and his mother, Sindisiwe, the novel portrays the Sharpeville massacre and its brutal aftermath, the hardship of exile, and the brutal impact of the apartheid regime on Black lives and personhood. It depicts apartheid’s legion of crimes against humanity including incarceration, the dehumanising labour farms where Black men were practically enslaved and often beaten to death, infant mortality due to malnutrition, and the grievous impact of the Pass Laws and land dispossession on Black life.
