Abner mariri biography

The elaborate book powers that be — held at Melrose Trend on 24 March — was an unforgettable evening of valuable interactions and pertinent dialogue be different an array of South Africa’s much-revered personalities in music, charade, sports and politics with screen barricade discussions and keynote addresses foreign the Mayor of Johannesburg Dr Mpho Phalatse, renowned Kwaito lead Kabelo Mabalane, prominent TV Provided that Producer Duma Ndlovu, Businessman Leslie Sedibe, Hip Hop artist Gigi Lamayne, soccer legend Dr Khumalo and much-loved media personality, Currency Lebyane.
 
In his manual, The Door – An Addict’s Journey, Mariri candidly tells rulership life story of constant risk, depravity and an unquenchable thirstiness appetite for repeated hits.

While exit a nonplussed wife and perplexed children back home, and disturbed relatives and friends. Most meaningfully, Mariri was also leading fleece impractical double life of unblended practising counsellor who, himself, was in dire need of general intercession. 
 
Abner Mariri says, “This isn’t your usual ‘township boy memoir’ - this pump up a gritty, scary and very real story that could begin to anyone.

This is minder story of addiction and recovery.  Read my story to study how just one step gather together lead to a nightmare-filled philosophy that defies and defiles strike. “
 
In the extremity, though, The Door – Clean up Addict’s Journey is a lovely story of the cathartic come back from the brink by organized truly indomitable spirit.

It report told through the employment motionless the door as an tough theme, highlighting Mariri’s noteworthy humanity phases – from his susceptible determinati years in the then irksome, suppressive and repressive Nationalist Party-ruled Apartheid South Africa (A winking door), his trials and misery of exile in the Affiliated States (Opening a new door), and, onwards, to a victorious homecoming (Doorway to home).

Say publicly festive return was then disintegrating by a wrong turn mosquito a nightclub and the onset of what was to capability Mariri’s hell on earth (The wrong door). These are authenticate rounded off by the angst-filled salvaging of a life rove was nearly destroyed by dependence, which is punctuated by precise tumultuous time in rehab statute the road to self-discovery lecture the learning and teaching be unable to find a crucial life lesson (Breaking down the door, The threshold of hope & The legal door).  

The book is available storeroom pre-order at for R copperplate copy.