This biography is more than the politics of Monty Naicker. It gets to the heart of his life, and shows in fascinating detail that Monty was more than a dogmatic "party man" and political agitator, but was also a man who exuded a love for life. This book provides evidence of the contradictory and often conflicting motivations and understandings of those striving to free themselves from the yoke of apartheid. Published on the 100th anni-versary of Monty's birth, this book has been written as much from heart as from the brain.

Ashwin Desai is the Senior Researcher at the Centre for Sociological Research at Rhodes University.

Professor Goolam Vahed teaches history at the University of KwaZulu-Natal.