The Two rivers [WorldCat Entities]

"Summary: Rashaka Ratshitanga is a Venda writer and poet. After spending twenty years as a migrant worker in Johannesburg, he returned to the land of his ancestors and it is from this heartland of the country that he embarks on a journey chronicling the cultural and social history of his people. Beginning with his tribe's record of resistance against those who sought to take their land, he discusses its illustrious past and ancient traditions before explaining how the coming of the white man and his laws changed the course of events forever. He then travels to Johannesburg, to which many of his people were forced to move in order to survive, and illustrates how in Soweto the heart of a new African culture was formed, much of it centred on the struggle against apartheid. He expresses the hope that eventually the two rivers that epitomise the past and the present will combine to form a harmonious whole. Awards: International Film Festival, Nyon (Grand Prix)."
"Rashaka Ratshitanga, South African writer and poet, takes the viewer on a tour of his homeland, the "independent state" of Venda. He discusses his people's history and customs and their struggle to survive in today's South Africa."@en
"Rashaka Ratshitanga is a Venda writer and poet. After spending twenty years as a migrant worker in Johannesburg, he returned to the land of his ancestors and it is from this heartland of the country that he embarks on a journey chronicling the cultural and social history of his people. Beginning with his tribe's record of resistance against those who sought to take their land, he discusses its illustrious past and ancient traditions before explaining how the coming of the white man and his laws changed the course of events forever. He then travels to Johannesburg, to which many of his people were forced to move in order to survive, and illustrates how in Soweto the heart of a new African culture was formed, much of it centred on the struggle against apartheid. He expresses the hope that eventually the two rivers that epitomise the past and the present will combine to form a harmonious whole."@en