Tag: Xuma character development

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...