In Small Country, Gaby’s peaceful childhood in Burundi unravels as ethnic violence erupts in Rwanda and Burundi. Through his experience, we witness the theft of innocence, the trauma of war and the identity crisis that builds up with exile. This captures the cycles of violence in postcolonial Africa.

This episode explores some of the laws of apartheid in close connection to two texts Sizwe Bansi is Dead a play by Athol Fugard and Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton. These texts explore the social realities of apartheid South Africa.

This episode delves into the African reality and how it is a product of colonialism.