The love and admiration Rofhiwa Maneta has for his father, 'the top cop of Soweto' Capt Amos Maneta, hums through the pages, but it never exalts or glorifies
A Man, A Fire, A Corpse
Maneta's book is not your typical biography nor a linear tale. Instead, it's a quilt of stories stitched together with statistics and thought-provoking societal conundrums. The love and admiration he has for his father hums through the pages, but it never exalts or glorifies. It is a powerful, literary read that uses the personal to create profound discussions.
But are we coping? SA is drowning in crime statistics. Meanwhile, in the US, American children are more likely to die from a gun shot than in a traffic accident. “Violence begets violence, and poverty is its own humiliating violence,” the author muses. “It forms part of the alphabet that later makes up the language of violence.”
Even now, this ethical dilemma lingers, saying, “I still can't shake off the feeling that writing there's very little opportunity to write about violence without reproducing it to some effect.”
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