Tatamkulu Afrika died on 23 December 2002 shortly after his 82nd birthday, from injuries received when he was run over by a car two weeks before, just after the publication of his final novel, Bitter Eden. He left a number of unpublished works, including his autobiography, two novels, four short novels, two plays and poetry. Poetry Night Light (Carrefour/Hippogriff, 1991) Dark Rider (Snailpress/Mayibuye 1993) Maqabane (Mayibuye Books, 1994) Flesh and the Flame (Silk Road, 1995) The Lemon Tree (Snailpress, 1995) Turning Points (Mayibuye, 1996) The Angel and Other Poems (Carapace, 1999) Mad Old Man Under the Morning Star (Snailpress, 2000) Au Ceux (French translations) (Editions Creathis l'ecole des filles, 2000) Nothing's Changed (2002) Novels Broken earth (1940) The Innocents (1994) Tightrope (1996) Bitter Eden (Arcadia Books, 2002) An autobiographical novel set in a prisoner-of-war camp during World War II. The novel deals with three men who see themselves as straight but must negotiate the emotions that are brought to the surface by the physical closeness of survival in the male-only camps. The complex rituals of camp life and the strange loyalties and deep bonds between the men are depicted. Mr Chameleon: An Autobiography, Jacana Media, 2005. References Nothing's Changed, Brief biography (Powerpoint format) "Mother, Missus, Mate: Bisexuality in Tatamkhulu Afrika's Mr Chameleon and Bitter Eden," English in Africa 32,2:185-211. Cheryl Stobie, 1 October 2005, Rhodes University, Institute for the Study of English in Africa. External links 1920 births 2002 deaths South African male poets South African military personnel of World War II South African prisoners of war Prisoners and detainees of South Africa Egyptian emigrants to South Africa South African people of Turkish descent South African male novelists South African LGBT novelists LGBT Muslims 20th-century South African poets 20th-century South African novelists 20th-century South African male writers South African Muslims Converts to Islam Recipients of the Molteno medal Muslim South African anti-apartheid activists Road incident deaths in South Africa Pedestrian road incident deaths 20th-century LGBT people UMkhonto we Sizwe personnel