People of the Townships
By: Omoseye Bolaji; Introduction by Kehinde Laniyan
Edition: Second edition (West Africa)
Publisher: Roids and Associates Ltd.
Published: 2008 (West African edition)
Place of publication: Ibadan
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 110
Subjects: Fiction
First sentence: They say I am not 'normal'.
Description: A work that creatively focuses on life in the sundry townships of South Africa, delineating daily activities, pursuits etc. The protagonist, John Lefuo is a troubled man...and it is only at the end that we realize why.
Notes: As critic Aryan Kaganof says, this book is "an important work of South African fiction, gripping, sophisticated, absorbing" Introduction by Kehinde Laniyan.