katiez624 's review for:

Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah

5.0

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Let me preface by saying I don't do audiobooks. I have nothing against them, but during the times in which I feel inclined to listen to something, I have tons of podcast backlog and Taylor Swift songs at my disposal. However, this was one book in which I knew I had to make an exception. Trevor Noah tells, with humor and candor, the story of his childhood growing up in South Africa. He goes through many common childhood experiences, such as getting in trouble with his mom and spending hours in church most days of the week. But there are also may dangers and levels of racism that most people of our generation cannot fathom. Learning more about the ways in which apartheid intentionally sought to persecute darker skinned people was fascinating and brought to light the horrendous ways humans treat each other while justifying their actions.

I loved being about to hear his pronunciations of several native languages, and his writing and delivery caused me to laugh out loud on more than one occasion. This was such an enjoyable listening experience, and it opened my eyes to many of the racial and cultural practices that I was not privy to going on in South Africa.