In this Book
- After Tears
- Book
- 2011
- Published by: Ohio University Press
- Series: Modern African Writing Series
Bafana Kuzwayo is a young man with a weight on his shoulders. After flunking his law studies at the University of Cape Town, he returns home to Soweto, where he must decide how to break the news to his family. But before he can confess, he is greeted as a hero by family and friends. His uncle calls him “Advo,” short for Advocate, and his mother wastes no time recruiting him to solve their legal problems. In a community that thrives on imagined realities, Bafana decides that it’s easiest to create a lie that allows him to put off the truth indefinitely. Soon he’s in business with Yomi, a Nigerian friend who promises to help him solve all his problems by purchasing a fake graduation document. One lie leads to another as Bafana navigates through a world that readers will find both funny and grim.
Table of Contents
- One: November 22, 1999
- pp. 1-4
- Two: Tuesday, November 23
- pp. 5-12
- Four: Thursday, November 25
- pp. 19-25
- Five: Tuesday, November 30
- pp. 26-32
- Six: Wednesday, December 1
- pp. 33-39
- Seven: Thursday, December 2
- pp. 40-48
- Eight: Friday, December 3
- pp. 49-56
- Nine: Saturday, December 4
- pp. 57-63
- Ten: Monday, December 13
- pp. 64-75
- Eleven: Friday, December 17
- pp. 76-83
- Twelve: Saturday, December 18
- pp. 84-92
- Thirteen: Saturday, December 25
- pp. 93-102
- Fourteen: Sunday, December 26
- pp. 103-110
- Fifteen: Friday, December 31
- pp. 111-117
- Sixteen: Wednesday, January 5, 2000
- pp. 118-126
- Seventeen: Tuesday, January 11
- pp. 127-129
- Eighteen: Wednesday, January 12
- pp. 130-131
- Nineteen: Thursday, January 13
- pp. 132-141
- Twenty: Friday, January 14
- pp. 142-147
- Twenty-One: Monday, January 24
- pp. 148-156
- Twenty-Two: Monday, January 31
- pp. 157-161
- Twenty-Three: Tuesday, February 1
- pp. 162-167
- Twenty-Four: Monday, February 14
- pp. 168-179
- Twenty-Five: Tuesday, February 15
- pp. 180-183
- Twenty-Six: Sunday, February 20
- pp. 184-200
- Twenty-Seven: Tuesday, February 29
- pp. 201-205
- Twenty-Eight: Friday, March 3
- pp. 206-209
- Twenty-Nine: Tuesday, May 9
- pp. 210-212
- Acknowledgements
- pp. 217-218