Overview
Region
Southern Africa
South Africa
Era
Post-colonial
Language
English
Genre
Autobiography
About This Work
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.
Literary Significance
One of the defining works of South African autobiography; Mphahlele was one of the architects of the African humanism movement