Mine Boy is a Marxist novel written by Peter Abraham that details the life and struggles of its characters in Johannesburg, South Africa. The ending chapters of the novel, 13, 14, 15, 16, are where the climax is as different events...
INTRODUCTION Peter Abrahams’ “Mine Boy” which is considered the first South African Modern Novel was first published in 1946. The novel was set in South Africa during the 1930s, and it tells us the story of Xuma, a young black man...
“Mine Boy” by Peter Abrahams is a 1946 novel centered on the prevailing social and racial discriminations that occurred in a post-independence South Africa which had begun introducing a new Apartheid policy which brought about unfavorable and discriminatory treatments towards the...
Peter Abraham’s “Mine Boy” is a bold fusion of marxism, racial, and colour segregation, set against the backdrop of the Apartheid South Africa. Written in 1946, the era when the situation in South Africa is deplorable, as racial segregation dominates the...