![]() ![]() When I sent two copies of my first children’s book to nephews and nieces in South Africa in 1985, they never received the parcel. So Naledi and her brother Tiro did just that…īanned by the apartheid government in South Africa, this is the story of two children’s courage and determination to find their mother and bring her home. The only way to let her know was to get to the big road and walk. ![]() She will have to get Mma who works more than 300 kilometres away in Johannesburg. But what can she do? Their grandmother has no money and there are no doctors in their village. Alone again… My first illustrated response to Journey to Jo’burg in 1985, thanks to a schoolboy Jeffrey CooperĪnother baby has died in the village and Naledi knows that her little sister Dineo might die too. The heat sank into them and they felt the sweat on their bodies. ![]()
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