Answer to Question #249872 in English for Nay

Question

Two short stories ghost Strain N and on the Run and the novel the true part time Indian meaningful or not

Answer 1

In “Ghost Strain N”, Mashigo plays with the idea of a South African apocalyptic future taken over by ghosts whose drug abuse possesses them to eat human body parts or organs, depending on the ghosts' drug of choice.

Michael, a young man in his early 20's has just been invited to his first big football hooligan fight after months of hanging around with the wrong crowds, and it's a mistake that will change his life forever. He convinces his best mate, Sebastien (Seb) to come along, who insists on bringing his video camera everywhere. When Seb is in serious trouble at the fight, Michael saves him, only to kill his attacker. After the horror of this accident, he is on the run, wanted by police, and is forced to live as a fugitive, away from society and his family with a video camera. Seb vowes to stay by his side, but Michael keeps digging himself deeper and deeper into trouble before he finally has to face the reality of his actions.

The Ghost Strain is quite meaningful in the contemporary South African Context since it touches on some of the realities of the post-colonial apartheid regime.