A bold and innovative social history, The Seed is Mine concerns
disenfranchised black people who did so much to shape the destiny of
South Africa. After years of interviews with Kas Maine and his
neighbours, employers, friends, and family - a rare triumph of
collaborative courage and dedication - Charles van Onselen has recreated
the entire life of a man who struggled to maintain his family in a world
dedicated to enriching whites and impoverishing blacks, while South
Africa was tearing them apart.