South Africa: Shots From the Edge - a Photojournalist's Encounters With Conflict and Resilience

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In this extract, Greg Marinovich tells the story of the forgotten child soldiers of Thokoza - the 'shameful, bitter fruit of liberation' - and the poignant life and death of one of those soldiers, Merchant Mazibuko.

Bitter Fruit: Thokoza, South Africa, 2011

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