Ekhaya: A Family Chronicle

1/30/1997

Darryl's mind is flooded with boyhood memories of fighting at school, his love of a white girl and the arrests of Boytjie and Russell on charges of murder.

2/6/1997

After a run-in with David, Darryl recalls his brother's clandestine political activities in Soweto and Boytjie facing formal charges of murder.

2/13/1997

Darryl's publisher plans to add text to his book that the author finds unacceptable.

2/20/1997

When Darryl fears that a man he sees talking to Lerato has been following him, he remembers a man he saw knifed in South Africa and Boytjie's murder trial.

2/27/1997

Despite David's insistence, Darryl is reluctant to join the Canadian anti-apartheid movement; Darryl recalls his days in boarding school.

3/6/1997

Rosa worries about Darryl's obsession with the man following him; Darryl remembers Veronica's decision to pass as white and live in the suburbs.

3/13/1997

Darryl considers speaking at a protest at the South African consulate, which prompts him to remember how easy it is to become an enemy of the state.

3/20/1997

With suspicions that Sipho is in trouble in South Africa, Darryl remembers the government seizing his grandmother's house and David being wounded in the army.

3/27/1997

Darryl recalls the effects his political activities had on his late father when he receives a call from his mother still living in his native South Africa.

4/3/1997

Darryl debates whether to return to South Africa when his safety cannot be guaranteed.

4/10/1997

While returning to South Africa for his father's funeral, Darryl remembers how he was smuggled out of the country.

4/10/1997

Special Branch agents confront Darryl when he arrives in South Africa; David admits to his clandestine work for the government.