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THIRD EDITION : ISBN 978-0-620-38211-3 : THIS IS THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A SOUTH AFRICAN LEGEND

Born in 1936 Graham fought for human rights from all angles. He saw himself as a white man in Africa, here to set right the wrongs of his tribal line. He was a religious man that shared a deep spirituality with the ancestral heritage of the African continent. He found no greater enemy than the apartheid government of South Africa's cruel foreign invasion. In this period 1952 – 1974 he was a hunted man and spent most of his time labeled a notorious criminal and incarcerated, where he was starved and tortured. He fled South Africa in 1969 by foot in a futile attempt to join the P.A.C. in Tanzania. In 1975 he married Jenny Clark. Jenny had polio as a child and is 95% physically disabled. Dennis was never involved in any political party and fought for freedom, justice and equality from the unwavering truths of his heart.
“Man who has experienced the inhumanities of the system institutions and survives in normal society will come to realise that he is specially chosen by a higher power.” VIC

“I believe it is a story that needs to be told, we need to remember, and the power is in the absolute honesty, it comes straight from the heart.” Carol Buchan

Allow the true heroes of the struggle to be recognized for it is they who rightly ask : “What was the struggle all about?” The authors ashes are scattered on Karl Marx's grave!

The concept of one Supreme Being as a creator was known in African societies. The creators special sphere was up above, from where the welfare of the whole society emanates, while the spirits of the ancestors reside down below, where they bring forth blessings and protection over their respective descendants. There is a reciprocal relationship between the ancestral spirits and their descendants. The descendants duty is to perform acts which promote the acquisition of ancestral status of the spirit of the newly departed, which in attaining the right position in the ancestral realm is able, in conjunction with the rest of the ancestral spirits, to protect and bless the descendants.

For the departed spirit, the trauma is not only the wrenching of the spirit from the human body but also its separation from invisible society. This is a dangerous period. For if the living kin abandon the spirit on its purification journey it might never reach the desired ancestral realm. It would continue wondering in the valley of the spiritual wilderness without end.

There are two sets of rituals which are performed by the living in order to help the spirit of the deceased to reach a full cycle of the spiritual life.

First, after an appropriate duration of time after death, there are rituals performed to separate the chief mourner from the close connection with the spirit of the deceased, thereby integrating her back into society. Meanwhile, the same rituals complete the purification of the spirit of the deceased thus enabling it to be integrated with the body of the ancestors.

Secondly, after a period of time has elapsed, following the integration rites, another set of rituals are performed to invite the spirit of the newly deceased person and to show it the way back to the home of the living kin person. Thus, the spirit of the recently deceased person comes home for the first time accompanied by the rest of the ancestors. This occasion is also marked by celebrating the complete cycle of life as well as the union of the living and the dead. FREEDOM PARK