Born a Crime

(Chris Devlin) #1

that, your other option is to make it
a normal restaurant and only serve
whites.”


He closed the restaurant.
After apartheid fell, my father
moved from Hillbrow to Yeoville, a
formerly quiet, residential
neighborhood that had transformed
into this vibrant melting pot of
black and white and every other
hue. Immigrants were pouring in
from Nigeria and Ghana and all
over the continent, bringing
different food and exciting music.
Rockey Street was the main strip,
and its sidewalks were filled with
street vendors and restaurants and

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