A Boy Named Courage: A Surgeon's Memoir of Apartheid

by Patrice Apodaca, Himmet Dajee MD, Dajee Himmet

Book Overview

As a brown boy growing up in apartheid South Africa, Himmet Dajee's life could easily have turned out quite differently. As the fourth, and largely discounted, son of tradition-minded Indian immigrants, he faced a future of oppression under the white ruling class. His path seemed predetermined: to follow his father in the shoe trade and accept an arranged marriage.

But Himmet's name means "courage" in his parents' native tongue. Supported...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1947976001
• ISBN13: 9781947976009
• Release Date: October 2018
• Publisher: Cynren Press
• Length: 222 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.8" x 8.8"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7