Ekhaya: A Family Chronicle — Season 1
Apartheid tore their country apart... their family held them together
About this season
A Black South African lives in Toronto with his Canadian wife in 1989. His fears of being stalked by South African secret police, force him to reflect back on his life growing up under apartheid.
Episodes (13)
1. State of Mind
Aired 23 January 1997 • 60 min
Afraid that South African authorities still want him, Darryl begins recalling his politically oppressive childhood in his former home.
2. Beauties at the Patmore Deluxe
Aired 30 January 1997 • 60 min
Darryl's mind is flooded with boyhood memories of fighting at school, his love of a white girl and the arrests of Boytjie and Russell on charges of murder.
3. The Visitors and the Wedding
Aired 6 February 1997 • 60 min
After a run-in with David, Darryl recalls his brother's clandestine political activities in Soweto and Boytjie facing formal charges of murder.
4. Them Charges
Aired 13 February 1997 • 60 min
Darryl's publisher plans to add text to his book that the author finds unacceptable.
5. A Black and White Christmas
Aired 20 February 1997 • 60 min
When Darryl fears that a man he sees talking to Lerato has been following him, he remembers a man he saw knifed in South Africa and Boytjie's murder trial.
6. Who Was Jan Van Riebeeck?
Aired 27 February 1997 • 60 min
Despite David's insistence, Darryl is reluctant to join the Canadian anti-apartheid movement; Darryl recalls his days in boarding school.
7. Blacks and Play-Whites in the Suburbs
Aired 6 March 1997 • 60 min
Rosa worries about Darryl's obsession with the man following him; Darryl remembers Veronica's decision to pass as white and live in the suburbs.
8. Dead Mothers and Garden Boys
Aired 13 March 1997 • 60 min
Darryl considers speaking at a protest at the South African consulate, which prompts him to remember how easy it is to become an enemy of the state.
9. Liberals, Radicals and Death
Aired 20 March 1997 • 60 min
With suspicions that Sipho is in trouble in South Africa, Darryl remembers the government seizing his grandmother's house and David being wounded in the army.
10. The Fountain of Pain
Aired 27 March 1997 • 60 min
Darryl recalls the effects his political activities had on his late father when he receives a call from his mother still living in his native South Africa.
11. First Love, Then War
Aired 3 April 1997 • 60 min
Darryl debates whether to return to South Africa when his safety cannot be guaranteed.
12. First Love, Then War
Aired 10 April 1997 • 60 min
While returning to South Africa for his father's funeral, Darryl remembers how he was smuggled out of the country.
13. To Die For
Aired 10 April 1997 • 60 min
Special Branch agents confront Darryl when he arrives in South Africa; David admits to his clandestine work for the government.