world.
Over the following weeks we
went down to Hillbrow a few more
times to hang out with Babiki and
her sisters and her friends. Babiki’s
family was Pedi, one of South
Africa’s smaller tribes. I liked
getting to know people of different
backgrounds, so that was fun.
Babiki and her friends were what
we call amabhujua. They’re as poor
as most other black people, but they
try to act like they’re not. They
dress fashionably and act rich.
Amabhujua will put a shirt on
layaway, one shirt, and spend seven
months paying it off. They’ll live in