Description
In The Inheritors, award-winning writer Eve Fairbanks tells the stories of ordinary people confronting the question at the heart of post-1994 South Africa: do you mourn a 'miracle nation' that never came into being, fight to give it birth, or make something else from its ashes?
Fairbanks follows political activist Dipuo, her born-free daughter Malaika, and Christo, one of the last Afrikaner men drafted to fight for the apartheid regime. All three must remake their lives while asking what they owe to their forebears and what history owes to them. They reveal unresolved rage, generational guilt, and the enduring hope many South Africans struggle even to speak aloud.
Observing subtle truths about power and inheritance, Fairbanks explores how one lets go of the past, how historical debts should be paid, and how a person can live an honourable life in a society they no longer recognise.
Endorsements
'Lyrical, deep, chilling, and prescient, this is a book we will be talking about for years to come.' — Justice Malala, author and commentator.