I Want to Go Home Forever : Stories of Becoming and Belonging in South Africa's Great Metropolis / Loren Landau, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Landau, Loren B. (Loren Brett), editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Post-apartheid era--South Africa.

Post-apartheid era.

Xenophobia--South Africa.

Xenophobia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (183 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Johannesburg, South Africa : Wits University Press, [2018]

Summary:

I Want to Go Home Forever tells 13 true stories relating to xenophobia and belonging in Gauteng. Told from the perspective of both South Africans and immigrants, the stories reflect the difficulties and contradictions in their relations. Yet all reveal the desire to make a home in the 'bright new future' promised by a democratic South Africa.

Contents:

Cover

Halftitle Page

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication

Contents

Foreword

Preface

Maps

Introduction

1 A bed of his own blood: Nombuyiselo Ntlane

2 This country is my home: Azam Khan

3 On patrol in the dark city: Ntombi Theys

4 Johannesburg hustle: Lucas Machel

5 Don’t. Expose. Yourself: Papi Thetele

6 The big man of Hosaena: Estifanos Worku Abeto

7 Do we owe them just because they helped us? Kopano Lebelo

8 Love in the time of xenophobia: Chichi Ngozi

9 This land is our land: Lufuno Gogoro

10 Alien: Esther Khumalo

11 One day is one day: Alphonse Nahimana

12 I won’t abandon Jeppe: Charalabos (Harry) Koulaxizis

13 The induna: Manyathela Mvelase

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ISBN:

9781776142316

1776142314

OCLC:

1147841627