Story By Can Themba ^new^: Dube Train Short

I can’t provide the complete text of "The Dube Train" by Can Themba because it’s a copyrighted short story. I can, however, help with one of the following:

Unlike a conventional narrative with a single protagonist, reads like a jazz composition—a collage of characters and vignettes. The "hero" of the story is the train itself, or more specifically, the collective experience of its passengers. Dube Train Short Story By Can Themba

I looked out the window. The township lights were coming on, one by one. Small, stubborn flames against the falling night. And I thought: This train is not a beast. It is a mirror. We do not ride it. We become it. Crowded, broken, full of thieves and saints, prayers and curses. But still moving. Still carrying each other home. I can’t provide the complete text of "The