ONE of the legacies that apartheid gave to Africa is the canon known to the literary world today as protest literature or literature of pains. This was an imaginative response by different strata of South African writers community to the challenges of race politics that was practiced by the ruling dominant white minority in the hey days of apartheid.

Quotable quote: I can rest only for a moment, for with freedom come responsibilities, and I dare not linger, for my long walk is not yet ended – Nelson Mandela

THE South African activist and former president Nelson Mandela (1918-) helped bring an end to apartheid and has been a global advocate for human rights.

THEN she asked me what happened. Sobbing, I narrated the dream. She, too, started to weep and made a promise. “With the help of Almighty God and our forebears, we shall pay your fees, son. Don’t worry.

AFTER feasting on the meal, she asked me to go home. I ran from the shed, hopping and skipping along. On the way home, I joined some boys playing street football (soccer), ensuring, however, that I got home before she did. Aunt came home that evening and announced to all that I had been admitted to GovernmentCollege, Ughelli.