# Quote — Es’kia Mphahlele, Down Second Avenue

> When they were not working they had children without being able to secure a man they could really call a husband.

- Author: [Es’kia Mphahlele](https://www.leafyquotes.com/eskia-mphahlele.md)
- Book: [Down Second Avenue](https://www.leafyquotes.com/eskia-mphahlele/down-second-avenue.md)
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Es'kia_Mphahlele#Down_Second_Avenue_(1959)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/eskia-mphahlele/down-second-avenue/when-they-were

## More from this book

> Afrikans, let us find ourselves happening to events, instead of always responding to events happening to us.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/eskia-mphahlele/down-second-avenue/afrikans-let-us-find.md)

> You’ll come back and be able to look after yourself and the two you’re leaving behind.

p. 113 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/eskia-mphahlele/down-second-avenue/youll-come-back.md)

> About eight out of every ten educated Africans, most of whom are also professed Christians, still believe firmly in the spirits of their ancestors.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/eskia-mphahlele/down-second-avenue/about-eight-out.md)