Gordimer 's 1979 novel '' Burger 's Daughter '' is the story of a woman analysing her relationship with her father , a martyr to the anti-apartheid movement . The child of two Communist and anti-apartheid revolutionaries , Rosa Burger finds herself drawn into political activism as well . Written in the aftermath of the 1976 Soweto uprising , the novel was shortly thereafter banned by the South African government . Gordimer described the novel as a " coded homage " to Bram Fischer , the lawyer who defended Nelson Mandela and other anti-apartheid activists
Soweto uprising
Soweto uprising
Nadine Gordimer