Original Apartheid Hustler

A powerful literary biography that uncovers Dugmore Boetie’s life and erased legacy by blending archival research, oral history, and decolonial critique and challenges apartheid’s racial and cultural erasures. 

This book tells the story of the enigma Dugmore Boetie, remembered for his posthumously published Sophiatown classic, Familiarity is the Kingdom of the Lost (1969). Through archival research and interviews it unravels the webs of fact, fantasy and myth of Boetie’s life, and exposes the highly racialised violence he and his legacy have suffered.

A powerful literary biography uncovering Dugmore Boetie's erased legacy, blending archival research, oral history, and decolonial critique to challenge apartheid's racial and cultural erasu