Southern Africa
South Africa
Post-colonial
English
Fiction
Muriel, a Black woman working at a furniture store in Johannesburg, navigates the daily humiliations of apartheid in the workplace — racist customers, hypocritical management, and the constant assertion of her dignity.
Literary Significance
The first novel by a Black South African woman to be published in South Africa; banned shortly after publication
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editorial-summarynot primary textMuriel, a Black woman working at a furniture store in Johannesburg, navigates the daily humiliations of apartheid in the workplace — racist customers, hypocritical management, and the constant assertion of her dignity. The first novel by a Black South African woman to be published in South Africa; banned shortly after publication
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