Blame Me on HistoryAd. Donker, 1986 - 311 pages William Bloke Modisane was one of a team of black writers of the 1950s who created Drum magazine and who also later became an actor and playwright. He lived in Sophiatown, Johannesburg until 1958 when the township was bulldozed flat by government order. This is the autobiography of William Bloke Modisane. |
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Page 55
... Henry Nxumalo : ' I like nonsense some times , but I like common sense more . God knows the African has cause to strike out against the individual white man or against the hooligan police , but this is too easy , one of those futile ...
... Henry Nxumalo : ' I like nonsense some times , but I like common sense more . God knows the African has cause to strike out against the individual white man or against the hooligan police , but this is too easy , one of those futile ...
Page 189
... Henry Nxumalo , had volunteered as a labourer to one of those notorious farms of the Northern Transvaal to which Africans are either directly kidnapped and seldom heard from again or induced to contract themselves - under false ...
... Henry Nxumalo , had volunteered as a labourer to one of those notorious farms of the Northern Transvaal to which Africans are either directly kidnapped and seldom heard from again or induced to contract themselves - under false ...
Page 275
... Henry Nxumalo and Arthur Maimane were elevated to posts of news editors , these were nevertheless prestige appointments , the Africans in them were paid far less than the white sub - editors . I had surrendered all hopes of ' the great ...
... Henry Nxumalo and Arthur Maimane were elevated to posts of news editors , these were nevertheless prestige appointments , the Africans in them were paid far less than the white sub - editors . I had surrendered all hopes of ' the great ...
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