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I Want to Go Home Forever: Stories of becoming and belonging in South Africa’s great metropolis
By Eliot Moleba, Nedson Pophiwa, Ryan Lenora Brown and
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Generations of people from across the world have turned metal from the depths of the earth into Africa’s wealthiest, most dynamic and diverse urban centre, a mega-city where a democratic South Africa is being made. Yet for newcomers and locals, the golden possibilities of Johannesburg are tinged with dangers and difficulties.
I Want to Go Home Forever presents 13 stories of people looking to make a successful life in a place they can call home. Told in their own words, they are the stories of South Africans, some Gauteng-born, others from neighbouring provinces, striving to realise the promises of democracy. They are also the stories of newcomers, from neighbouring countries and from as far afield as Pakistan and Rwanda, seeking a secure future in those very promises.
Collected by researchers, journalists and writers, the narratives give voice to responses arising from a space of outrage and hope, violence and solidarity. They speak of intersections between people and their past, and of how, in the making of selves and the other, they are also shaping South Africa. Underlying them all is a nostalgia for an imagined future that can never be realised. These are stories of forever seeking a place called home.
I Want to Go Home Forever presents 13 stories of people looking to make a successful life in a place they can call home. Told in their own words, they are the stories of South Africans, some Gauteng-born, others from neighbouring provinces, striving to realise the promises of democracy. They are also the stories of newcomers, from neighbouring countries and from as far afield as Pakistan and Rwanda, seeking a secure future in those very promises.
Collected by researchers, journalists and writers, the narratives give voice to responses arising from a space of outrage and hope, violence and solidarity. They speak of intersections between people and their past, and of how, in the making of selves and the other, they are also shaping South Africa. Underlying them all is a nostalgia for an imagined future that can never be realised. These are stories of forever seeking a place called home.
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Eliot Moleba is a scholar, playwright, theatre-maker and director. He is currently the resident dramaturg at The South African State Theatre.
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