159:, was published by Pan Macmillan in 2019. The title is a play on a common South African slang term, "Born Frees", used to describe the first generation born after the end of Apartheid. Pikoli described the book as exploring "assimilation colonial takeover" amongst the young black middle class in democratic South Africa. The book was awarded the
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