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Trevor Noah was born in South Africa in 1984. He is comedian, radio and television host, award show host, and spokesperson. He performed in comedy shows throughout Africa. His awards include South African Comics' Choice Award for Comic of the Year in 2012 and MTV Africa Music Award for Personality vis mere of the Year in 2015. In September 2015, he succeeded Jon Stewart as the host of The Daily Show. In 2016, his memoir Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood was published and became a bestseller. (Bowker Author Biography) vis mindre

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I love Trevor Noah, and this book did not let me down. It was a very honest and educational tale of his childhood in South Africa, what it was like growing up, and how apartheid affecting everything. Easily one of the best biographies I've read, and I look forward to his next one.


Would fit The 52 Book Club's 2021 prompts:
1 - Set in a School
2 - Featuring The Legal Profession
8 - A Book in the 900's of the Dewey Decimal System
10 - Related to the Word Fire
17 - A Character On The Run
23 - An Ending That Surprises You
26 - An Author of Colour
28 - Includes a Historical Event You Know Little About
32 - A Selfish Character
35 - Set In A Country That Starts With The Letter S
37 - An Educational Read
40 - Found via Bookstagram
43 - A Character With a Pet Cat
44 - Includes a Garden
45 - A Coming of Age Novel
47 - A Character With a Disability
48 - Cover With a Woman Who is Facing Away
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Linyarai | 355 andre anmeldelser | Mar 6, 2024 |
Wonderful, colorful stories from Mr. Noah's childhood, not just about the insidious institution of apartheid but about its democratic aftermath; family and particularly, his mother's fierce love; being different because he was "colored" and therefore neither black nor white (his mother a Black African, his father a Swiss-German ex-pat), and, under the apartheid regime, a "crime" because he was the product of an illegal union; religion; and rebellion. The stories are not presented linearly, and they are often vignettes, but they trace Mr. Noah's life from his birth in 1984 to his early years as a comedian. I read part of it on my Kindle app but listened to most on Audible. Mr. Noah narrated, which made it perfect.… (mere)
 
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bschweiger | 355 andre anmeldelser | Feb 4, 2024 |
I laughed, I raged at the world, I marveled at Trevor's adaptability, and I began to believe in something a little bit mystical in this world. I could hear so much of his voice, and I felt like I was getting to know a new side of Trevor. This was so well-written that I felt like we were two friends just chatting, and he was telling stories as we sat somewhere cozy.

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Jenniferforjoy | 355 andre anmeldelser | Jan 29, 2024 |
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So good! He’s so funny and that makes the heartbreaking stories a little easier to handle. I didn’t know much about apartheid and the details he shares are just appalling.

It’s really hard to reconcile a person you think of only as being rich and famous and find out that their life was so full of hardship.
 
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