“Because if I leave he’ll kill us.”
She wasn’t being dramatic. She
didn’t raise her voice. She said it
totally calm and matter-of-fact, and
I never asked her that question
again.
—Eventually she did leave. What
prompted her to leave, what the
final breaking point was, I have no
idea. I was gone. I was off becoming
a comedian, touring the country,
playing shows in England, hosting
radio shows, hosting television
shows. I’d moved in with my cousin
Mlungisi and made my own life