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Kaffir Boy
- The True Story of a Black Youth’s Coming of Age in Apartheid South Africa
- Narrated by: Mark Mathabane
- Length: 18 hrs and 33 mins
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Kaffir Boy
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Publisher's Summary
The classic story of life in apartheid South Africa.
Mark Mathabane was weaned on devastating poverty and schooled in the cruel streets of South Africa’s most desperate ghetto, where bloody gang wars and midnight police raids were his rites of passage. Like every other child born in the hopelessness of apartheid, he learned to measure his life in days, not years. Yet Mark Mathabane, armed only with the courage of his family and a hard-won education, raised himself up from the squalor and humiliation to win a scholarship to an American university.
This extraordinary memoir of life under apartheid is a triumph of the human spirit over hatred and unspeakable degradation, for Mark Mathabane did what no physically and psychologically battered “Kaffir” from the rat-infested alleys of Alexandra was supposed to do - he escaped to tell about it.
Mark Mathabane was born and raised in the ghetto of Alexandra in South Africa. He is the author of Kaffir Boy, Kaffir Boy in America, Love in Black and White, African Women: Three Generations, Miriam’s Song, and The Proud Liberal. He lectures at schools and colleges nationwide on race relations, education, and our common humanity. He lives with his family in Portland, Oregon.
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- Penny Elverd
- 27-09-2015
brilliant story well written and spoken. remarkabl
A brilliant story. Mark you are a remarkable man to have lived through this struggle.
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- Bronwen
- 05-03-2019
Our past as black South Africans
Brought tears to my. Well written. Brought frustration and anger in me. Yet we still bear the burden of the past.
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- Jenny Campbell
- 21-03-2019
loved this book!!
so powerful, irresistible and brave. I realised how little I truly understood what apartheid meant till now. a wonderful read
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- Anonymous User
- 12-10-2017
Wonderful!
Moving and heartwarming story of a boy against all the odds. An insightful illustration of the true evil of Apartheid and what black people had to endure.
Mark Mathabane is my hero! Would love to know how all his family are now. A sequel after so many years would be wonderful.
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- krispyp
- 13-03-2019
unbelievable!!! in so many ways.
loved it! such and inspirational story of not only survival, but incredible achievement in the most extreme and shocking circumstances.
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- Marianna Debono
- 22-05-2021
An eye opener
What a sad, sad story but also amazing courage and determination. My heart goes out to those poor people and their sufferings.
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- Windancer
- 21-02-2020
Truth or Dare
Beautifully written and narrated with feeling to emphasise the different tones and emotions. No unnecessary embellishments - the truth right into the core.
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