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Troy Blacklaws

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I was born in 1965 in Natal, South Africa. I was uprooted at 9 when my father landed a job on a wine farm in the Cape. At 14 I discovered South Africa was a world pariah and that black men were shot in their struggle for freedom. Baited as a renegade kaffirboetie, I became an outsider at Paarl Boys' High. I studied at Rhodes University and then spent two bitter years as a conscript in the army. I would not carry a gun. Nelson Mandela was in jail during all this time. So far my stories have reeled in the following shouts: Karoo Boy (2004) : 'the most colourful book I have ever read.' Chris Martin, Coldplay Blood Orange (2005) : 'Tantalizingly beautiful ... .' Desmond Tutu Bafana Bafana (2009) : 'A magical fable.' Vikas Swarup, author of Slumdog Millionaire
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