Ezekiel Mphahlele (1919- ). South Africa.

One of black South Africa's voices of conscience during Apartheid was born and raised in the slums of Pretoria in 1919. In his 1959 autobiography, Down Second Avenue, he portrays his personal struggles against the Apartheid regime and the segregated school system, from which he was barred from teaching. He subsequently became a reporter for The Drum Magazine and was exiled for his critical writings. He then lived in Nigeria, France, and the US, where he taught at the University of Denver and the University of Pennsylvania. During that time he continued to publish essays, novels, and short stories. He returned to South Africa in 1977, but the government withdrew the University appointment that he had been offered. He subsequently became professor of African Literature at the University of Witwatersrand. (RN)

Man Must Live, and Other Stories. 1946. Cape Town, South Africa: African Bookman.
Down Second Avenue. 1959. London: Faber and Faber.
The Living and the Dead, and Other Stories. 1961. Ibadan, Nigeria:Ministry of Education.
The African Image. 1962. New York: Praeger.
In Corner B. 1967. Nairobi, Kenya: East African Publishing House.
The Wanderers; A Novel. 1971. New York: Macmillan.
Voices in the Whirlwind and Other Essays. 1972. New York: Hill and Wang.
Chirundu. 1979. Westport, CT: Lawrence Hill.
The Unbroken Song: Selected Writings. 1981. Johannesburg, South Africa: Ravan.
Afrika My Music: An Autobiography. 1984. Johannesburg, South Africa: Ravan Press.
Bury Me at the Marketplace: Selected Letters of Es'kia Mphahlele, 1943-1980.1984. Johannesburg, South Africa: Skotaville.
Father Come Home. 1984. Johannesburg, South Africa: Ravan.
Poetry and Humanism: Oral Beginnings. 1986. Johannesburg, South Africa: Witwatersrand University Press for the Institute for the Study of Man in Africa.
Echoes of African Art. 1987. Braamfontein, South Africa: Skotaville.
Renewal Time. 1988. London: Reader's International.

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