This is an entertaining and enlightening work whose subject matter ranges from providing amusing or informative anecdotes having to do with the author's observations of--and sometimes close encounters with--the local fauna (including the human variety!) and flora, to her insight into what Westerners might consider being exotic customs and traditions, and to her thought-provoking recounting of on-the-scene experience, as well as her offering of subjective commentary relative to complicated political situations. This compelling memoir describes the author's life in South Africa during apartheid, the transition to democracy, and the transformational period. As an educator, she worked with various cultural groups in the so-called homelands, experiencing student revolts, college closures, and being held hostage by students.This is an entertaining and enlightening work whose subject matter ranges from providing amusing or informative anecdotes having to do with the author's observations of--and sometimes close encounters with--the local fauna (including the human variety!) and flora, to her insight into what Westerners might consider being exotic customs and traditions, and to her thought-provoking recounting of on-the-scene experience, as well as her offering of subjective commentary relative to complicated political situations. This compelling memoir describes the author's life in South Africa during apartheid, the transition to democracy, and the transformational period. As an educator, she worked with various cultural groups in the so-called homelands, experiencing student revolts, college closures, and being held hostage by students.