Thami afrika biography samples

In a South African country town in the Platteland an inter-school debate is taking place between Zolile High and Camdeboo Girls’ High, and its stars are Thami Mbikwana, a boy from the black school, and Isabel Dyson, a girl from the white school.

Inspired by the success of this debate, Mr M, the black teacher, enters the pair for an inter-school English literature quiz competition, coached by himself.

Thami afrika biography samples

In the course of the coaching sessions an intense but uneasy relationship develops among the three as they get to know each other and the differences and similarities in their worlds, which separate them. But between Mr M and his most gifted pupil all is not well: the increasing divergence on their views on life outside the classroom is finally reflected in an event both horrific and tragic.

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