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An edition of Down Second Avenue (1940)

Down Second Avenue

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"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.

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Penguin Books
Language
English
Pages
236

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Subjects

Authors, South African Biography Indigenous peoples Race relations Social life and customs South African Authors Authors, biography South africa, social life and customs Apartheid

People

Ezekiel Mphahlele Es'kia Mphahlele (1919-2008) Es'kia Mphahlele

Places

South Africa

Times

20th century

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Cover of: Down Second Avenue
Down Second Avenue
2013, Penguin Books
in English
Cover of: Down Second Avenue
Down Second Avenue
1985, Faber and Faber
in English
Cover of: Down Second Avenue
Down Second Avenue
1985, Faber and Faber
in English
Cover of: Down Second Avenue
Down Second Avenue
1962-01-01, Seven Seas Publishers
in English

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Edition Notes

Published in
New York, New York
Series
Penguin classics

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
968.06092
Library of Congress
PR9369.3.M67 Z466 2013, PR9369.3.M67Z466

The Physical Object

Pagination
xiii, 236 pages
Number of pages
236

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL31129591M
ISBN 13
9780143106791
LCCN
2013006672
OCLC/WorldCat
820118225

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Work ID
OL3149567W

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Contains primary source material.

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