Down Second Avenue Author:Ezekiel Mphahlele Down Second Avenue is the story of apartheid. It is the autobiography of an African born and brought up in South Africa, on the wrong side of the colour line. It is a disturbing story; but Ezekiel Mphahlele tells it with charm, liveliness and incomparable sense of humour. — First published by Faber and Faber in 1959 and reprinted as Number 11 in ... more »the ZPH Writers Series from the Zimbabwe Publishing House in 1982. The 1994 reprint has ISBN 0949932353.« less