Journey to Jo’burg: A South African Story

By Kathy G. Short | Published: March 14, 2007

When their baby sister becomes dangerously ill, thirteen-year-old Naledi and her younger brother make a journey of over 300 kilometers from their village to Johannesburg, where their mother works as a maid for a white family.

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  1. By Worlds of Words » Chain Of Fire on January 17, 2010 at 10:50 pm

    [...] When the villagers of Bophelong are forced to leave their homes, Naledi and her younger brother join in a school demonstration and learn that the South African government treats even children who dissent with brutality. Sequel to Journey to Jo’burg. [...]

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