Depression is a word that is often bandied about lightly in everyday conversation. But for those who suffer from it the reality is far grimmer, with devastating consequences, and more often than not, there is no conversation and no light at the end of the tunnel.

While it could be argued that depression is ‘everyman’s’ disease, why the focus on African men specifically? Thembela explains: “Growing up in a black household, in the rural Eastern Cape,