Question
Below is an extract from The Heart of Redness (2000) by Zakes Mda. In the novel, Camagu
is a character who has lived in the United States of America for many years during
apartheid-era South Africa. The extract depicts Camagu’s experiences after his return to
newly democratic South Africa. Write a carefully-worded essay of approximately 1 000 –
1200 words in which you critically analyse the extract, showing how the literary features of
the extract function to depict the setting as dangerous and alienating. To feel alienated is to
feel like a stranger who is unwelcome; how is this theme conveyed in the passage?