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An autobiographical novel of the author's youth in Kouroussa, French Guinea, depicting traditional Malinke society and the conflict between tradition and modernity.

Abrahams' autobiography detailing his experiences growing up colored in South Africa, his education, and eventual exile.

An educated Guyanese engineer, unable to find work due to racism in postwar Britain, becomes a teacher in London's East End, a memoir of navigating race, class, and the possibilities of connection across the color line.

Mphahlele's autobiography of growing up in the Marabastad township in Pretoria, navigating apartheid's violence and humiliations, and his journey to becoming a writer and exile.