This collection looks at the on-going significance of Black Consciousness, situating it in a global frame, examining the legacy of Steve Biko, the current state of post-apartheid South African politics, and the culture and history of the anti-apartheid movements.

Rebecca and Courtney Marks, two sisters living with their single father, are unprepared for the twist in their life on one hot, August day. Of all the things that could transport them to an alternate universe, their mother's silver hand-mirror is the last thing they would have expected to land them in Viguanagura, a world that is still in the Medieval Ages. As the girls set out on their quest to find a mysterious man who can send them back home, they become involved in a revolution against the king and a dispute between the creatures called griffentaurs. Struggling to stay alive and stick...