Authorpreneur Dashboard – Jacob Singer
The Vase with the Many Coloured Marbles: Book 1, Emma. Book 2, Marla
History
The story is how a young girl, Emily Kleintjies, born into the Cape Coloured community in South Africa, finds that she cannot accept being classified a second class citizen by the Apartheid laws of the country. She rebels, and at the age of 16 years old, moves to Johannesburg, where, with the help of friends she makes, she establishes a life as a White, changing her name to Emma Kline.
Book Bubbles from The Vase with the Many Coloured Marbles: Book 1, Emma. Book 2, Marla
The VASE with the MANY COLOURED MARBLES
The book is very much based on the people I met, knew and worked with in South Africa and London England. Who was Emma? She was a young girl I met at the Municipal swimming pool in Potchefstroom, South Africa. Over the years, her mother gradually filled in her story whenever I spoke with her. This was a story that had to be told; a story that had to educate the world to the true meaning of the word apartheid, and the horror and tragedy the apartheid policy caused. It is also a story that highlights how the lack of a Westernized education, started by Hendrik Verwoerd among the Africans of Southern Africa, would lead to the degradation of the country when they eventually took over governance. This is a story that must be read.
