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The hottest stix in town
About twenty years ago, Orlando West High School needed money. The principal told the students to give a concert. But the school had no...


The parrot’s egg
This book is all about the Transkei. It tells us what it is like to be a woman all alone at home. It tells us about what it is like to be...


The worker poets
“Awe Comrade! Awe Comrade! Ngake ngahamba Nokuhamba Comrade — Two Sheleni Ngafika ezintabeni zomhlaba — two Sheleni Ngahlangana nama...


Saxophone in chains
The time is twenty years ago. The place is Robben Island. There is a man walking alone, along the sand next to the sea. This man is...


The most beautiful song in the world
The hall was full like a tin of sardines. Inside the people were hot and stuffy. Some people were getting excited,— some were losing...


The horn doctor
Saxophones, trumpets, trombones. We love the sweet sound of these brass instruments – or horns, as their players call them. But...
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