Review of "It's Trevor Noah : Born a Crime : Stories from a South African Childhood" on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
This has got to be one of the more interesting autobiographical books I've read. Growing up in the apartheid police state, the son of a white father and black mother, sounds like hell. Stories about his childhood status as a "colored" person who floated among the "black," "colored," and "white" apartheid racial castes, and how he learned how to speak many different languages and accents in order to be accepted by everyone, Noah gained a perspective not held by many of the nationals at the time, since they were locked into all those categories. He continually gives credit to his mother for exposing him to the educational and cultural things she never had growing up.
He ends with the story of his step dad shooting his mother, from his early adulthood. I was hoping he would provide more insights into the US since he lives here now, but I guess …
This has got to be one of the more interesting autobiographical books I've read. Growing up in the apartheid police state, the son of a white father and black mother, sounds like hell. Stories about his childhood status as a "colored" person who floated among the "black," "colored," and "white" apartheid racial castes, and how he learned how to speak many different languages and accents in order to be accepted by everyone, Noah gained a perspective not held by many of the nationals at the time, since they were locked into all those categories. He continually gives credit to his mother for exposing him to the educational and cultural things she never had growing up.
He ends with the story of his step dad shooting his mother, from his early adulthood. I was hoping he would provide more insights into the US since he lives here now, but I guess I'll have to wait until his next book.
