The Native Commissioner (Shaun Johnson)
by Steph Fish
1. Witbank
1.1. George Asks for transfer here
1.2. Argues against racism
1.3. Wants to work in Museum of Man and Science
1.4. Where suicide takes place
1.5. "shield from reality"
1.6. "His eyes seem to be receding in their sockets"
2. Duiwelskloof
2.1. George becomes Senior Bantu Affairs Commissioner
2.2. Sam is Born
2.2.1. Narrator
2.2.2. Trying to understand G with his reconstruction of memories from the box (Witbank)
2.3. "a shadow had crept across his face"
2.3.1. First sign of depression
3. Ndwedwe
3.1. George is Promoted to native commissioner
4. Babanago
4.1. 1916
4.1.1. George Jameson was Born
4.1.1.1. During WW1 > talisman of hope
4.2. Zululand
4.2.1. Could find bleached bones still lying on the battlefield
4.3. Both tragic and peaceful
5. Overseas trip
5.1. George really loves Africa
5.2. Build library of zulu texts
5.3. Feels like a foreigner
6. Ward
6.1. "Nervous Feeling in my legs"
6.2. "I could not stop my mind from going to those dark places"
6.3. "I kept telling them it must be Physical"
6.4. "I feel terrible about the shame that I've caused them"
6.5. "a good man, though he doubts"
6.6. G = 49
7. Sons
7.1. Billy
7.1.1. Engineer
7.2. Ryan
7.2.1. Artist
7.3. Chris
7.3.1. Matric
7.4. Sam
7.4.1. Narrator
8. Kentani
8.1. Promoted to native Commissioner
8.2. Tanase Ntabaka
8.2.1. "what has it to do with you sir?"
8.2.1.1. "he questioned the maning and valadity and morality of everything he was doing"
8.3. Duma Story
9. Libode
9.1. George Transfers again
9.2. SA becomes a republic
9.3. "acceptance for the white man in black africa?"
10. Tsumeb
10.1. George becomes Native Commissioner
10.2. Chris is born
10.2.1. 3rd Son
10.2.2. Matric Pupil
10.3. Takes in poor white farmers and bushmen
11. George
11.1. clever, sensitive... a perfectionist, hard on himself with a shadow of self doubt
11.2. Graduated in 1933
11.3. Also wanted to be an archaeologist or anthropologist
11.4. Married Jean Stockley
11.5. Denies his own beliefs and needs
11.5.1. Commits suicide at the end
11.6. enlists in NMR (Natal Mounted Rifle)
11.6.1. he is a superb marksman and a hard man who believes he can kill a man if it comes to that
11.7. will not "treat the black man like an un person
12. Places
12.1. Babanango
12.1.1. Barbies
12.2. Ndwedwe
12.2.1. Never
12.3. Tsumeb
12.3.1. Take
12.4. Kentani
12.4.1. Kash
12.5. Duiwelskloof
12.5.1. Dancing
12.6. Libode
12.6.1. Like
12.7. Witbank
12.7.1. Whores