- Title
- In a town called Harmony
- Creator
- Tsibolane, Pitso
- Subject
- South African fiction (English) -- 21st century
- Subject
- Creative writing (Higher education)
- Subject
- South African fiction (English) -- Study and teaching (Higher)
- Date
- 2015
- Type
- Thesis
- Type
- Masters
- Type
- MA
- Identifier
- vital:5995
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1017779
- Description
- A novella of crime and suspense set in the townships surrounding the mining town of Welkom Two friends, both ex-miners, start a welding business only to see it fail because of interference by corrupt officials To make ends meet, they are drawn into the world of illegal gold-mining, working with criminals who employ ‘zama-zamas’: desperate foreign nationals who are prepared to live and work in the abandoned mine tunnels underground The friends make money, but the dark practices of illegal mining put a strain on their relationship, their values, and their family ties.
- Format
- 87 leaves, pdf
- Publisher
- Rhodes University, Faculty of Humanities, Institute for the Study of English in Africa
- Language
- English
- Rights
- Tsibolane, Pitso
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