I was pregnant and along with our supporters , imprisoned in a large barn . We were only released to work in the fields . Amani had set up a caste system were his loyals were at the top and his brother’s supporters at the bottom of the hierarchy . It had been two years of the commune descending into utter madness .

My husband had been sneaking out letters to Florence in England , to rescue us. We only knew her old address in Birmingham . We doubted she would still be there as she had left the Rasta life behind : it had been her most traumatic expirience .I wrote to our old friends in Joburg every other day and we snuck out these letters through our supporters who were pretending to be loyalists .

The year was 2000 and my twins girls were ten months old when police came to the commune and rescued us . Florence had came back to South Africa and after trying to contact me for ages , suspected something was wrong . Finally we were free . While being given medical attention and escorted out , Amani convinced his followers to commit mass suicide with him . They walked together into a lake. 200 people drowned along with fifty children. It was the biggest scandal and was covered by major media.