White Ravens’99/Swaziland/64811
Johnson, A.K.
 We have our dreams
 Manzini: Macmillan Boleswa, 1997. 111pp
 ISBN 0-7978-0828-0
 South Africa - Immigration - Big City - Friendship - Foreigner - Disappointment
 This is an absorbing, tragic novel about the adventure-filled struggles of two young men from the Congo
 and Mozambique who have come to Johannesburg in the hopes of finding success and fortune. But
 instead they find themselves facing the underside of life in a big modern-day city, while trying to hold on to
 their dreams. Despite the appearance of African names and terms, this fast-paced story is highly readable
 due to the universality of the relationships between the major characters. And it gives insight into the
 alternatives available to people in a society beset with change and corruption. (14+)

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