Discuss the situation of unemployment and poverty in the township of Gugulethu.

Vivid descriptions of Bouvlei depict Mandisa's homesicknesses for the place she will never see again. These segments read like cherished memories that have been replayed over and over in her mind. Of the homes in Bouvlei, she writes, "The sea of tin shacks lying lazily in the flats, surrounded by gentle white hills, sandy hills dotted with scrub, gave us (all of us, parents and children alike) such a fantastic sense of security we could not conceive of its ever ceasing to exist" (42). Although they lived in a very poor rural area, those in Mandisa's community were proud of their township.