After Tears

After Tears
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Bafana Kuzwayo is a young man with a weight on his shoulders. After flunking his law studies at the University of Cape Town, he returns home to Soweto, where he must decide how to break the news to his family. But before he can confess, he is greeted as a hero by family and friends. His uncle calls him “Advo,” short for Advocate, and his mother wastes no time recruiting him to solve their legal problems. In a community that thrives on imagined realities, Bafana decides that it’s easiest to create a lie that allows him to put off the truth indefinitely. Soon he’s in business with Yomi, a Nigerian friend who promises to help him solve all his problems by purchasing a fake graduation document. One lie leads to another as Bafana navigates through a world that readers will find both funny and grim.

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Niq Mhlongo. After Tears

After Tears

ONE. November 22, 1999

TWO. Tuesday, November 23

THREE. Wednesday, November 24, Soweto

FOUR. Thursday, November 25

FIVE. Tuesday, November 30

SIX. Wednesday, December 1

SEVEN. Thursday, December 2

EIGHT. Friday, December 3

NINE. Saturday, December 4

TEN. Monday, December 13

ELEVEN. Friday, December 17

TWELVE. Saturday, December 18

THIRTEEN. Saturday, December 25

FOURTEEN. Sunday, December 26

FIFTEEN. Friday, December 31

SIXTEEN. Wednesday, January 5, 2000

SEVENTEEN. Tuesday, January 11

EIGHTEEN. Wednesday, January 12

NINETEEN. Thursday, January 13

TWENTY. Friday, January 14

TWENTY-ONE. Monday, January 24

TWENTY-TWO. Monday, January 31

TWENTY-THREE. Tuesday, February 1

TWENTY-FOUR. Monday, February 14

TWENTY-FIVE. Tuesday, February 15

TWENTY-SIX. Sunday, February 20

TWENTY-SEVEN. Tuesday, February 29

TWENTY-EIGHT. Friday, March 3

TWENTY-NINE. Tuesday, May 9

Glossary

Acknowledgements

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AFTER TEARS

Moses Kgoale (1973 – 1997) and

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“Read my lips, my bra! I think you’re suffering from what intelligent whites call false memory syndrome, you’ve never been esgele,” teased Dilika. “How could this brilliant young man, who has conquered UCT, the great white man’s institution, be like you? If there is a person amongst us that should share his success, it’s me. I was his teacher.”

Dilika was right about my uncle. He had dropped out of school before I was even born. He had sworn to everyone at home that he would never work for white people and therefore there was no reason for him to be educated, but in actual fact we all knew that he was just too lazy to look for a real job.

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