BLAME ME ON HISTORY

292pp., paperback, New Edition, Johannesburg, (1963) 2023

Includes a new foreword by Njabulo S. Ndebele.

Autobiography by South African journalist, writer and actor William 'Bloke' Modisane (1923-1986).

Modisane grew up in Sophiatown . He joined Drum magazine in the 1950s together with Henry Nxumalo, Can Themba, Es'kia Mphahlele and Lewis Nkosi. He was also the jazz critic at the Golden City Post. Modisane went into exile in 1959.