For Farieda, home life at 111 Colleen Court in Manenberg on the Cape Flats is good. She has everything she needs, even though that isn't very much. She loves her parents and the neighbours, and she loves school. But her life is turned upside down when her father, Boeta Saliem dies suddenly. 111 Colleen Court is the tender story of Farieda's childhood. She experiences the difficulties of growing up in Manenberg - the injustices of poverty, the crime and gangsterism - but she also learns about friendship, her heritage and the strength of the human spirit.