Sithandile’s matriculation brings up a lot of complicated feelings and difficult questions. Why has her father been absent from her life for so long? And when he reappears in her life, what does she truly want from him?
Characters
SITHANDILE: The girl who wants to pursue her dreams of being a UCT student. She is deeply hurt by her father’s absence from her life.
NOKUZOLA: Sithandile’s mother who had Sithandile as a teenager.
MANTSHILIBE: Sithandile’s grandmother who is passionate about her Xhosa tradition.
QIQA: Sithandile’s female best friend.
QHAMA: Sithandile’s funny male friend.
MR AQUAN: Sithandile’s Agricultural Sciences teacher.
MR MXENGE: Sthandile’s absent father.