Abstract
Sipho Sepamla was in a subdued state of mind. Before coming to the USA he had received news that his novel, A Ride on the Whirlwind, had been sucked into the great ‘black hole’ of South African censorship. The book was published in June; in September it was banned. Sepamla had not even been informed officially. His novel simply ceased to exist. His publishers had ‘just picked up the news in the papers’.