Book Review

If you love comedian Trevor Noah you will like his autobiography. Noah, host of The Daily Show on Comedy Central, was born in 1984 in Johannesburg. In his book, “Born A Crime” he tells what it was like to grow up in South Africa during and immediately following Apartheid. It was particularly difficult for him as neither a white child nor a black one.

His father was white and his mother who raised him was black. His devotion to his strong-willed mother is evident throughout the book, but his maternal grandmother, who is still living at 92, was very influential, too.

“Born A Crime” is enlightening about life in South Africa as well as about Trevor Noah. It is a quick read and I recommend it.

“The color of my skin is beautiful, like the soil of Mother Africa.” – Nelson Mandela

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I love his sense of humor and his rising above what could have been a tumultuous result. His ability to laugh at himself and help us laugh at what binds us as humans is to be treasured.

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