![]() Both his parents died of flu, and he was fostered by family friends under the name John Charlton. Distri Tatamkhulu Afrika was born Mohamed Fu'ad Nasif in Egypt to an Egyptian father and a Turkish mother, and came to South Africa as a very young child. ![]() He lived in Cape Town's District 6, a mixed race inner-city community. In 1964 he converted to Islam and his name was again legally changed to Ismail Joubert. ![]() After World War 2 he left his foster family, and went to Namibia (then South-West Africa), where he was fostered by an Afrikaans family, taking his third legal name of Jozua Joubert. He fought in World War II in the North African Campaign and was captured at Tobruk, his experiences as a prisoner of war featuring prominently in his writing. Tatamkhulu Afrika was born Mohamed Fu'ad Nasif in Egypt to an Egyptian father and a Turkish mother, and came to South Africa as a very young child. ![]()
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