Mine Boy - Peter Abrahams
The first modern novel of Black South Africa
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Mine Boy is a 1946 novel by South African novelist Peter Abrahams. Set in racist South Africa during the lead-up to apartheid, the novel explores the stereotypes and institutions that discriminate against working-class black Africans. According to Nigerian scholar Kolawole Ogungbesan, Mine Boy became "the first African novel written in English to attract international attention."
The plot follows a black miner, Xuma, as he goes through a number of struggles, including introduced disease from Europeans as wel...
The plot follows a black miner, Xuma, as he goes through a number of struggles, including introduced disease from Europeans as wel...
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1989 Uitgever: Heinemann Reeks: African Writers Series 184 paginas Taal: Engels ISBN-10: 0435905627 ISBN-13: 9780435905620Koop dit boek tweedehands
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Peter Abrahams: Mine Boy (The first modern novel of Black South Africa), 1989, Heinemann. New and unread.