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Read at the end of 2018 as part of the Reading Army ‘Born A Crime' written by the well known comedian, Trevor Noah. It was an inspirational read into Noah's childhood and how he lived through apartheid with his mother overcoming many hurdles being a 'coloured' child and how he developed personally. It gives us an insight to what it was like at a time of apartheid in South Africa through the eyes of someone who lived through it. We learn about all the different categories that people were put into depending on their colour and how a 'white' person...
Read at the end of 2018 as part of the Reading Army ‘Born A Crime' written by the well known comedian, Trevor Noah. It was an inspirational read into Noah's childhood and how he lived through apartheid with his mother overcoming many hurdles being a 'coloured' child and how he developed personally. It gives us an insight to what it was like at a time of apartheid in South Africa through the eyes of someone who lived through it. We learn about all the different categories that people were put into depending on their colour and how a 'white' person could even be demoted!
We liked that the book had been split into chapters which were not chronological but rather tackled a particular theme with a lesson that can be learned by all of us eg is it better to have regrets or is it better to try and fail.
Noah talks fondly of his mother, a strong woman who has had to juggle so many obstacles in her life from domestic abuse and having a 'coloured' child in an apartheid society yet still managed the very best for her son no matter the odds against her- she was no doubt instrumental to Noah's success now. 'My mum taught me what school didn't, she taught me how to think’. We loved her tough love for Trevor.
Other quotes that we loved included:
"Language, even more than color, defines who you are to people'
Being chosen is the greatest gift you can give to another human being'
'being more of a man doesn't mean your woman has to be less than you!
All in all we all agreed that the book hooked us in immediately, was engaging and kept us wanting to know more. Definitely worth a read and lessons to be learnt from it. We gave it an overall rating of 4/5.
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