'Skin We Are In' is a landmark South African book for children (and grown-ups) on the subject of skin colour.
Coming back from our first meeting, Nina, I walked through the gate and reached behind the post for mail. Right there, on the small bush whose leaves I often have to brush aside to look into the mailbox, sat a chameleon. I watched as it slowly made its way from the stalk onto a leaf ... changing colour as it did. At once, I morphed into a child, a boy, and I envied the chameleon’s ability. If only I could do that.
Enter Uncle Joshua and a group of children — Njabulo, Aisha, Tim, Chris and Roshni. Given a recycling project, Njabulo offers his Uncle Joshua’s junkyard, where the group from a multiracial school should meet. Njabulo, waiting for his group, is suddenly assailed by misgivings. Will his “friends” find him wanting? Are they, indeed, his friends? That is when he comes across the chameleon and wishes they were all the same colour ... or if one could change colour like the chameleon.
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