expensive component. At the time a
CD writer cost as much as the rest
of the computer, nearly 2,000 rand.
I worked as a middleman for
Bolo and Andrew for a year. Then
Bolo left school; the rumor was that
his parents got arrested. From that
point on I worked for Andrew, and
then as he was about to matriculate
he decided to quit the game.
“Trevor,” he told me, “you’ve been a
loyal partner.” And, as thanks, he
bequeathed unto me his CD writer.
At the time, black people barely had
access to computers, let’s start
there. But a CD writer? That was
the stuff of lore. It was mythical.