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Permission to Become

A novel told in close third person, following Sibusiso Mhlabeni from a village classroom to the engine rooms of industry and the boardrooms that decide who owns what is built.

Permission to Become
Available nowOne novel in five parts · nine languages

Nine language editions

Each edition has its own translated cover. Preview the opening pages free, or buy the complete novel package.

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The five parts

  1. Part I — The Child Outside the Gate

    A boy who understands invisible systems meets the first closed gate.

  2. Part II — Permission to Learn

    Delay becomes preparation on a longer road through Africa.

  3. Part III — Inside the Engine Room

    Professional mastery inside institutions that did not expect him.

  4. Part IV — Building Without Permission

    From a shared desk to enterprises worth noticing.

  5. Part V — What the System Could Not Take

    What remains when control is contested: knowledge, record and succession.