Malusi educates men and boys about gender issues in South Africa. He came to this work as a result of losing access to his young daughter. When he and her mother broke up, he was prevented from seeing her and slid into a pattern of drinking and drug use. Eventually, Malusi saw that his only hope of having a relationship with his daughter was to let go of self-hatred and forge a new and healthy life for himself. Here he is relating his story:
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