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Reverend Theophilus Msimangu is a clergyman at the Mission House in Sophiatown, Johannesburg. A bit of a cynic, Msimangu is extraordinarily compassionate. He offers Stephen reasons for his search and assistance at every step along the way. He is a guide through the city not unlike Virgil who guided Dante through hell in the Inferno. And again, like Virgil, he offers explanations for the confusion that Kumalo finds in the city (which itself is set up in a circular...
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