The Black Diamond

The Black Diamond is the sixth book in the saga. This time Juan is born in Lesotho, South Africa. As his immortal spirit continues to live on, he is ableto vividly recall his eternal past and cannot understand why whites despise men of his race. His father Moshoeshoei, king of the Basotho, instructs him inthe art of government and in the subtleties of diplomacy. His mother, offspring of Chaka Zulu, wants to end her people’s suffering and wishes that his sonwill dedicate his life to save their bodies and spirits. The protagonist’s principle desire is the same as that of all his other lives - to find the womanthat was created with him at the beginning of time. Maluti and Tineke sense each other’s existence and recognize that they are a couple of kindred spiritswho prowl about the world in search of love; but they never meet.The novel takes place during a difficult time in Africa. Gold and diamonds are discovered. The descendants of the Dutch struggled to rise from the tyrannyof England as the blacks fight to preserve their homeland. The British Empire, which is under the auspices of a brotherhood, appears to be unbeatable as itis filled wealth of the seven continents, usurping the natural resources in the seas by attacking ships of Spain, Holland, China and India. After centuriesof ideological conflicts and social, religious and political differences, the nations distance themselves. The weapons become more sophisticated and,although the science improves, diseases decimate men and animals. Gradually the planet is invaded by the human species that threatens to destroy everythingin its path, including a variety of almost extinct birds, fish, reptiles and mammals.The author take us back to that time in the black continent where misery was sown to reap riches, which despised the colored races and where slavery wasaccepted as natural by masters and servants. By hearing their stories we suffer with the author with the wars of suppression of the descendants of theDutch by the English forces. We appreciate the martyrdom of children and women who died in concentration camps. We feel in our own skin the suffering ofblacks, who were martyred in the mines of gold and diamonds. We mourn with him to read the stories of those who die of plague and famine after its membersare amputees and we suffer with him in the Congo for the genocide of humans and elephants.