PAPERLESS, a novel

304pp., paperback, Johannesburg, 2023

Luzuko, a South African studying at Oxford, weighs up the price his father, who has just died, paid for his country's liberation.

"A fascinating novel written in the shadow of Dambudzo Marechera, about Africans, and South Africans, hating and loving Oxford." Imraan Coovadia, author of Tales of the Metric System

"With precision, he probes the politics of being African, black, undocumented and displaced on the lily white streets of Oxford. A sensual novel that provokes all your sensibilities." Sue Nyathi, author of A Family Affair

 Dr Buntu Siwisa is a senior research fellow at the Institute for Pan-African Thought and Conversation at the University of Johannesburg. He is the author of Rugby, Resistance and Politics, how Dan Qebe helped shape the history of Part Elizabeth. Paperless is his debut novel.