The rift - Hilda Bernstein

This record of South Africans who, by choice or by necessity, left their country's brutal apartheid regime is the autobiography of a nation in exile. People speak directly or memorably about the effects of a political system on their personal lives. And now the system is changing, the exiles must decide where their home really is and whether to return to South Africa.;Hilda Bernstein, herself an exile, has talked to over 200 South Africans now living all over the world. The exiles range across a spectrum of occupations, trades and professions, from priests to carpenters, professors to political activists. Men, women and children, black and white, well-known and obscure: their tales of heartache and success, shattered childhoods and strained marriages, loneliness, courage and new beginnings reveal the dramatic and lasting impact of apartheid on the lives of a nation.;The author also wrote "Steve Biko", "Death is Part of the Process" and "The World That Was Ours".