Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood

Author: Trevor Noah

Genre: Memoir

Publication Date: 2016

Introduction

Comic Trevor Noah (1984–) narrates this bestselling memoir of his rebellious youth in Johannesburg, South Africa. He portrays his mother, Patricia Nombuyiselo Noah, as the driving force behind his life as she works to break the cycle of poverty in which she grew up. Noah is kept hidden from the authorities for the first years of his life, but as apartheid unravels, they navigate their changing world together.

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