Student comrade prisoner spy : a memoir / Bridget Hilton-Barber.

Cape Town : Zebra Press, 2016.

246 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colored), portraits ; 24 cm

When Bridget Hilton-Barber got on a train to Grahamstown in 1982 to study journalism at Rhodes University, she had no idea of the brutal drama that would unfold. A rebellious young woman, she became politically involved in anti-apartheid organisations and was caught up in the massive resistance and repression sweeping the Eastern Cape at the time. She ended up spending three months in detention without trial, and after her release discovered she had been betrayed by one of her best friends, Olivia Forsyth, who was a spy for the South African security police. Thirty years later, a horrific flashback triggers Bridgets journey back to the Eastern Cape to see if she can forgive her betrayer and finally let go of the extraordinary violence she encountered in the final days of apartheid. This is her powerful story.

Also issued in electronic format.

English

February 28, 2017

Includes bibliographical references and index.