South African President Jacob Zuma was tried for raping Kuzwayo, and controversially acquitted in the Johannesburg High Court in December 2005.

The trial was controversial not only for the seriousness of the charge, but for statements made by Zuma during court proceedings as well as the way Kuzwayo was treated in the press and by the public.

From her childhood in exile growing up in African National Congress (ANC) training camps during Apartheid to the events leading up to and including the Zuma rape trial and ends at the time of her death in 2016 ten years later.

It also details her experiences following Zuma's acquittal and the severe public criticism she experienced.

[3] The book prompted substantial public interest in South Africa following its release[4] with audiences of over 600 people attending book launches[5][6] and "radio conversations reveal[ing] a rapt public entirely consumed with the injustice done to Khwezi.