Down Second Avenue
By: Es'kia Mphahlele ; foreword by Ngugi wa Thiong'o
Series: Penguin classics
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 2013
Place of publication: New York, New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 236
ISBN-13: 9780143106791
Subjects: South African Authors; Biography; Social life and customs
Description: "Nominated for the Nobel Prize in 1969, Es'kia Mphahlele is considered the Dean of African Letters and the father of black South African writing. Down Second Avenue is a landmark book that describes Mphahlele{u2019}s experience growing up in segregated South Africa. Vivid, graceful, and unapologetic, it details a daily life of severe poverty and brutal police surveillance under the subjugation of an apartheid regime. Banned in South Africa after its original 1959 publication for its protest against apartheid, Down Second Avenue is a foundational work of literature that continues to inspire activists today."--Page 4 of cover.