By giving us a glimpse into the remarkable life of anti-apartheid activist Onkgopotse Abram Tiro, journalist and Tiro's nephew Gaongalelwe Tiro memorialises the young firebrand's life.
The saying "blood is thicker than water" shouldn't have been true in the case of Onkgopotse Abram Tiro. The slain anti-apartheid activist was more than the property of his family. Tiro was more than the son of his mother, Moleseng "MmaAbram" Tiro, more than just a descendant of the Bahurutshe, a rebel clan among the Batswana, more than a native of Dinokana, Setswana for "place of rivulets", an area in Zeerust. Tiro was the first South African freedom fighter the apartheid regime pursued into Botswana, where he was assassinated with a parcel bomb. So, in many ways, Tiro is the primal victim, a symbol of the horrors of apartheid.
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