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The Dignity of Begging

short story by Modisane

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  • In Bloke Modisane

    …his short stories, including “The Dignity of Begging” (1951), which was praised for its satire. A resident of Sophiatown, a suburb that was home to many of the country’s leading black writers and musicians, he left South Africa after the government leveled the town in 1958; he settled in…

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