Sarie struggles when she reads aloud in class in her South African school, but then she and her friend Auntie Anna find a book about Cinderella in Auntie Anna's old car and begin to read together.
Fourteen-year-old Khosi's mother wants her to get an education to break out of their South African shantytown, although she herself is wasting away from an untreated illness, while Khosi's grandmother, Gogo, seeks help from a traditional Zulu healer.
A guide to the customs and etiquette of South Africa that covers land, people, values, attitudes, traditions, socializing, dining out, shopping, travel, health, business, and communicating.
Presents the story of Nkosi Johnson, a South African boy born with AIDS who became an inspiration to thousands of people suffering from the disease because he believed that every child's life was important.
Philadelphia preacher Joshua Clay faces a test to his strength and faith when he accepts a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity in the 1930s to be the first African-American minister in years sent to do missionary work in South Africa, and arrives only to find himself restricted at every turn and witness to ruthless apartheid policies.
Offers a brief introduction to the life of Nelson Mandela, discussing how he went from serving a sentence of life in prison to becoming the elected president of South Africa.