Tomorrow is South Africa Youth Day, celebrating the 1976 youth protest in Soweto. Khosi’s mother and father were among the many who fought for freedom from apartheid, the South African government’s brutal racial discrimination policy. Although apartheid has crumbled, Khosi and Zi are growing up in an era of changes, as traditional beliefs clash with … Continue reading This Thing Called the Future, by J.L. Powers (book review) – tradition, love, AIDS, hope in South Africa