Sand

Just about a hundred and fifty years ago, in the latter half of the nineteenth century, the Orange River (also called Gariep) was the northern border of the Cape Province. Beyond lay uncharted country, untamed veld giving way to the great red dunes of the hostile Kalahari Desert. The banks of the Gariep were the last refuge of remnants of the once numerous Korana tribe, Hottentot who had been hounded from their ancestral lands in the south by ever-encroaching white settlers. When these pioneers with their herds of livestock reached the river territory, conflict was inevitable. This was Africa at its most vulnerable. SAND is its story. Three white people, defying their Church and society, settle on the edge of the Kalahari to escape censure. One young man is the girl's husband, the other her lover. One must die to secure their future. SAND is their story. Kora is the last hereditary chief of the Korana clans living along the Gariep. He has vowed to avenge his people's lot, but knows that time is running out. The river bank which shelters them will shortly become their last stand against the British Colonial troops. SAND is his story.