Born a Crime – Trevor Noah

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A wonderfully entertaining collection of vignettes on his life born to a white Swiss father and black Xhosa mother towards the end of apartheid, when mixed race unions were still illegal.

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A wonderfully entertaining collection of vignettes on his life born to a white Swiss father and black Xhosa mother towards the end of apartheid, when mixed race unions were still illegal. Noah’s existence was hidden for the first years of his life. He describes a close relationship with his indomitable mother, who taught him to think beyond his immediate surroundings. Often hilarious and at times illuminating, Noah’s memoir is a satirical window into the everyday realities of apartheid.

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