Blame Me on HistorySimon & Schuster, 1990 - 311 pages The coming-of-age of a black intellectual under apartheid. |
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... Chris to go to Natalspruit , that I would hate myself for it ; I saw the lonely nights ahead , the physical absence of Fiki , I would miss the antics of Chris jumping into my bed and read- ing with me the newspaper flat on our backs ...
... Chris to go to Natalspruit , that I would hate myself for it ; I saw the lonely nights ahead , the physical absence of Fiki , I would miss the antics of Chris jumping into my bed and read- ing with me the newspaper flat on our backs ...
Page 46
... Chris , and I long for Fiki . ' ' I see , mammy . ' " The house is so quiet without Chris , ' Mrs Plaatje said , ' only yesterday daddy said it would be nice if the children came for a week or two . ' ' But , mammy , they've just been ...
... Chris , and I long for Fiki . ' ' I see , mammy . ' " The house is so quiet without Chris , ' Mrs Plaatje said , ' only yesterday daddy said it would be nice if the children came for a week or two . ' ' But , mammy , they've just been ...
Page 47
... Chris ? ' ' I'll get her mammy , ' I said , rising . ' Would mammy like some tea ? No , Fiki , sit down and talk to ... Chris can go for two weeks . ' Ma - Willie came into our room as the gentle arbiter , appealing to our responsibility ...
... Chris ? ' ' I'll get her mammy , ' I said , rising . ' Would mammy like some tea ? No , Fiki , sit down and talk to ... Chris can go for two weeks . ' Ma - Willie came into our room as the gentle arbiter , appealing to our responsibility ...
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