Where are all our fathers?

In 2014 the author Sonwabiso Ngcowa and I went around the country to collect stories of young people who were born in 1994. 

Following the publication of the stories in a book we have often been asked to facilitate sessions with young people during which we encourage them to tell their life stories. Every time we do, we are blown away by the trauma so many young people in our country endure – irrespective of their race, gender, class and sexual orientation.

When we started with the book we knew that many young people in our country face severe economic hardship. What we did not anticipate and what truly shocked us was the role fathers play in some of the worst suffering we have ever encountered.