Billy Keniston wishes he was born

            in a different place,

                        in a different time.

not any specific country,

                        or any specific era.

                                                                                                                                    just not here,

                                                                        and not now.

By the time I was old enough

                        to understand my 'people'

                                             and my society...

I knew that

I didn't want to be a part of many of the things

that they believe in and do.

In seeking to understand the rationality behind the violence of apartheid, my desire is not to lessen the well-deserved condemnation of the system. Rather, my concern is to offer a deeper understanding of the mechanisms of state repression - whether this took the form of batons, bombs or books - so that we might finally liberate ourselves from them.