Mine Boy is a 1946 novel by South African novelist Peter Abrahams. Set in racist South Africa during the lead-up to apartheid, the novel explores the stereotypes and institutions that discriminate against working-class black Africans. According to Nigerian scholar Kolawole Ogungbesan, Mine Boy became "the first African novel written in English to attract international attention."[1]
- ^ Ogungbesan, Kolawole (1979), The Writings of Peter Abrahams, New York: Africana Publishing Company, quoted in "Peter Henry Abrahams", South African History Online.