“Where most children are proof of their parent’s love, i was the proof of their criminality. The only time I could be with my father was indoors. If we left the house, he’d have to walk across the street from us.”
To be honest, I have seen two, maybe three videos from Trevor Noah but I heard from various people that his memoir is really really good and they were right.
In school, we never learnt about apartheid in South Africa, so reading this book and learning all of these things was shocking. Trevor Noah gives us this deep insight into his childhood while being very reflective, which I found extremely interesting.
But Born a Crime is not only about apartheid, south African culture and growing up in this country, it is also Trevor Noah’s touching love letter to his mother.
Rating: 4.5⭐
