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A Desire to Return to the Ruins looks at the contentious issues of land reform and restitution in post-apartheid South Africa. It tells the stories of communities engaged in a battle to regain land forcefully taeeken away from them and their forebears during the apartheid years. The stories range from successful claims that have turned communities against one another, their long struggle against government's bureaucracy and the political wrangling around the land issue.