y alt ies , ▁stored ▁tre asures ▁of ▁leg ends , ▁events . ▁Do ▁not ▁these ▁give ▁any ▁African ▁a ▁fort un ate ▁sense ▁of ▁continu ity ? ▁Wh atever ▁dep riv ations ▁apart heid ▁impos es ▁on ▁us ▁in ▁my ▁own ▁country , ▁these ▁can ▁never ▁eff ace ▁the ▁strength s ▁and ▁trad itions ▁of ▁our ▁people .") ▁ ▁J ab av u ' s ▁second ▁book , ▁The ▁O ch re ▁People : ▁Sc enes ▁from ▁a ▁South ▁African ▁Life , ▁published ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 3 , ▁was ▁also ▁a ▁mem oir , ▁of ▁which ▁she ▁said : ▁" It ▁is ▁a ▁personal ▁account ▁of ▁an ▁individual ▁African ' s ▁experiences ▁and ▁impress ions ▁of ▁the ▁differences ▁between ▁East ▁and ▁South ▁Afr icans ▁in ▁their ▁contact ▁with ▁Western ization ." ▁It ▁too ▁received ▁acc laim , ▁ha iled ▁by ▁critics ▁as ▁" br illiant " ▁and ▁" f asc in ating ". ▁ ▁Later ▁years ▁During ▁time ▁spent ▁in ▁South ▁Africa ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 6 – 7 7 , ▁research ing ▁a ▁book ▁about ▁her ▁father , ▁J ab av u ▁published ▁a ▁week ly ▁column ▁in ▁the ▁East ▁London ▁( E astern ▁Cape ) ▁newspaper ▁Daily ▁Dis patch , ▁under ▁the ▁editor ship ▁of ▁Donald ▁Wood s . ▁ ▁She ▁was ▁awarded ▁a ▁lifetime ▁achiev ement ▁award ▁by ▁former ▁Arts ▁and ▁Culture ▁Minister ▁Pal lo ▁Jordan , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁a ▁best ▁literature ▁award ▁in ▁the ▁Eastern ▁Cape ▁by ▁the ▁then ▁sports , ▁art ▁and ▁culture