From very early on in my childhood - four five years old - I felt alien to the human race. I felt very comfortable with thinking I was from another planet because I felt disconnected - I was very tall and skinny and I didn't look like anybody else I didn't even look like any member of my family.
We have our own history our own language our own culture. But our destiny is also tied up with the destinies of other people - history has made us all South Africans.