<B>Es’kia Mphahlele’s seminal memoir of life in apartheid South Africa—available for the first time in Penguin Classics</B><div> </div><div>Nominated for the Nobel Prize in 1969, Es’kia Mphahlele is considered the Dean of African Letters and the father of black South African writing. <i>Down Second Avenue</i> is a landmark book that describes Mphahlele’s experience growing up in segregated South Africa. Vivid, graceful, and unapologetic, it details a daily life of severe poverty and brutal police surveillance under the subjugation of an apartheid regime. Banned in South Africa after its original 1959 publication for its protest against apartheid, <i>Down Second Avenue</i> is a foundational work of literature that continues to inspire activists today.</div><br>