How Mbu Maloni Escaped Poverty and Lived to Write Nobody Will Ever Kill Me
In Nobody Will Ever Kill Me Mbu Maloni relates his experiences as a neglected and abused homeless child, addicted to drugs and alcohol, and how he eventually turned his life around after being taken in by one of the Homes for Kids in South Africa (HOKISA).
Maloni told Munyaradzi Makoni of The Big Issue that education is a recurring theme in his book, because “if you are poor, that’s the only way to get out of the trouble, out of poverty”.
The Big Issue: Why did you choose to tell you story?
Mbu Maloni: This is a story that I wanted to share because I wanted people to know what I went through as a child. I wanted to tell the truth about my real life. I wanted the pain and anger that I felt to go away; I wanted to be at peace with myself. I wanted to make people who view street kids as criminals change that image of us and realise that we are not. It is also a tribute to my best friend, Atie, who was there for me many times and who was killed on October 23, 2010.
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- Nobody Will Ever Kill Me by Mbu Maloni, Lutz van Dijk
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EAN: 9781869142179
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