Pamela Jooste

Frieda, a poor Jewish girl, and wealthy Min first met in Johannesburg as children in 1964 and an unlikely friendship developed between them that was to last through the terrible years of oppression and betrayal under Apartheid.

The stories and legends of the Bushmen were told to Conrad when he was twelve years old. His father, Jack Hartmann, a brutal but confused man 'gave' Conrad an old Bushman to teach him the ways of the land. Bastiaan taught him not only about the beasts and plants and soil, but inculcated in Conrad a philosophy that would remain with him throughout his life.