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READ THIS: SIYA KOLISI: AGAINST ALL ODDS BY JEREMY DANIEL
THE PINK LINE BY MARK GEVISSER Six years in the making, The Pink Line follows protagonists from
This is the updated edition of the highly
nine countries all over the globe
successful unauthorised biography of Springbok
to tell the story of how ‘LGBT
Captain Siya Kolisi. It includes all the games at
Rights’ became one of the world’s
the Rugby World Cup in Japan in 2019, and the
new human rights frontiers in
tumultuous victory tour around South Africa when
the second decade of the 21st
the team brought home the cup. Victory at the Rugby
century. From refugees in South
World Cup is the crowning glory of an incredible
Africa to activists in Egypt,
journey that began on the impoverished streets of
transgender women in Russia
Zwide, a township outside Port Elizabeth. As the
and transitioning teens in the
first black South African to captain a Springbok
American Mid-West, The Pink
rugby team, Kolisi’s remarkable story is unique
Line folds intimate and deeply
and deserves to be heard. Author Jeremy Daniel
affecting stories of individuals,
tracks Siya’s journey from his childhood days on the
families and communities into a
streets of Zwide, through some crucial games in high
definitive account of how the world
school, into the Western Province rugby set-up and
has changed, so dramatically,
his fight to become
in just a decade. And in doing
Springbok captain.
so, Mark Gevisser reveals a
He goes deep
troubling new equation that has
inside the systems
come into play: while same-sex
that identify
marriage and gender transition
junior talent, the
are now celebrated in some parts
characters who
of the world, laws to criminalise
shaped his journey,
homosexuality and gender non-
and the moments
conformity have been strengthened
where he showed
in others. In a work of great scope
who he really was.
and wonderful storytelling, this is the ground-breaking, definitive account of how issues of sexuality and gender identity divide and unite the world today. • WWW.SILVER DIGEST.CO.ZA
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