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      Mzala

      by Mbulelo Mzamane
      Published
      Jun 1986
      Main Genre
      Literary Literary
      Pages
      185
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      Mzala - as the name implies - is everybody's cousin. He is the country boy who comes to town - to the bright lights of Jo'burg, and the dark, dangerous streets of the city's black townships.
      In an environment where only the strong survive, he adapts at a pace which first astounds and then alarms his relatives. Robust, strong and cunning, he is more than a match for his adversaries - and less than a blessing to his friends.
      Mzamane's evocation of township experience is richly comic, but shot through with an underlying seriousness that gives a penetrating insight into the life of South Africa's shadow cities.

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      First Edition Jun 1986 Ravan ISBN13 9780869754658 ISBN10 0869754653
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