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Trevor Noah recommended But What If We're Wrong?: Thinking About the Present As If It Were the Past in Books (curated)

 
But What If We're Wrong?: Thinking About the Present As If It Were the Past
But What If We're Wrong?: Thinking About the Present As If It Were the Past
Chuck Klosterman | 2016 | Essays, Philosophy, Psychology & Social Sciences
7.0 (1 Ratings)
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"A question the architects of apartheid should have stopped and asked themselves at the start, and a question I try to ask about my own deeply held convictions every day."

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Trevor Noah recommended Native Life in South Africa in Books (curated)

 
Native Life in South Africa
Native Life in South Africa
Sol Plaatje | 2020 | History & Politics
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"Plaatje was a founder and first general secretary of the organization that became the African National Congress, and his writings have survived to become some of the most compelling and celebrated accounts of the early days of apartheid."

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Joe Goodhart (27 KP) rated Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood in Books

Nov 30, 2020  
Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
Trevor Noah | 2017 | Biography
10
9.2 (16 Ratings)
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As it states in my profile on here, I will read non-fiction, but it really depends on the subject matter. My usual reading go-to is fiction. I like the distraction, the "virtual escape" it provides from Life now and again. Trevor Noah's recollections of growing up in South Africa was definitely the non-fiction I did not know I was seeking.

I am turned 50 last November. I can remember Ronald Reagan's presidency in the 80s. I can also remember hearing about apartheid, and later, Nelson Mandela in the news at the time, thinking it quite bad, but not really knowing/understanding the fullest extent to just how bad it truly was. Through Trevor's stories, I truly what apartheid was and the horrible conditions non-white people were forced to live under.

The stories are presented in such way as to be insightful, but to also, at times, to be fun or amusing or even serious. We learn the meaning behind to the book's title, BORN A CRIME, and what that means for Trevor's life growing up in both apartheid/post-apartheid South Africa.

Profoundly eye-opening! It should definitely be <b>required reading</b> in high school! Jus' sayin'..
  
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Suswatibasu (1701 KP) rated Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood in Books

Jan 3, 2018  
Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
Trevor Noah | 2017 | Biography
10
9.2 (16 Ratings)
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An insider's view of Apartheid
It seems unlikely that comedian Trevor Noah would have ever made it out of the prison of colonialism, apartheid, poverty and violence, yet now he's regarded as one of South Africa's biggest export. His memoir is brutal and harrowing, describing how because of the illegal interracial relationship between his Xhosa mother and his Swiss-German, his birth was actually a crime.

It's hard to imagine that this legal segregation only ended 26 years ago, yet Noah then faced the turbulent legacy of post-apartheid. Being mixed race posed its own problems, as Noah describes never fitting in anywhere, but being accepted to a certain degree because of his 'whiteness' and his chameleon-like ability to adapt to his surroundings.

There are moments which are truly disturbing, as Noah speaks about his violent stepfather and going hungry. In this way, his life can be seen as a story of personal survival, through intelligence and humour, which millions have come to love.
  
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Kevin Phillipson (10021 KP) rated District 9 (2009) in Movies

May 1, 2018  
District 9 (2009)
District 9 (2009)
2009 | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
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8.0 (65 Ratings)
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Brillant film loved it start to finish perfect place to set the film in south africa there are shades of apartheid thruout the movie the treatment of the aliens by the goverment sharlto copley is the star of the movie and hes brillant in the role good movie thumbs up from me