Quote by K. Sello Duiker: “To find yourself, you must first get lost.”

This paradox suggests that personal discovery often requires venturing into unknown, uncomfortable territory and leaving behind familiar certainties. It implies that profound self-understanding only emerges when we challenge our preconceived notions and embrace disorientation.

The dawn of the new millennium in South Africa was a time of intense identity formation for a generation coming of age after apartheid. Young people often faced profound uncertainty and the need to forge new paths, both literally and figuratively.

South African novelist whose debut Thirteen Cents depicted the brutal street life of Cape Town's homeless youth and won the Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best First Book in 2001. His work was a landmark of post-apartheid South African fiction.