Grace Tame
SEXUAL ASSAULT SURVIVOR
When you know Grace Tame’s story, it’s a little surprising at first to hear her say she’s had a “great life”. “For all the bad things that have happened, there have been so many more amazing things that have occurred and fortunate opportunities,” the 28-year-old told WHO earlier this year. “Out of the bad things that have happened, I’ve had opportunities to learn and grow that otherwise wouldn’t have happened.”
One of those is the opportunity to write her memoir, The Ninth Life of a Diamond Miner. “This [book] is a parting of ways with an especially, particularly dark time and honouring a lot of the people who helped me get through it,” she explained.
Tame was just 15 when she was repeatedly abused by her school teacher, Nicolaas Bester, who was 43 years her senior. She later revealed she had also been abused at the age of 6 by an older child.
“I’m proud of my 16-year-old self”
– TAME
“I’m proud of my 16-year-old self, because even though I didn’t have the words to articulate exactly what
