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A review by ohmage_resistance
Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah
emotional
funny
informative
medium-paced
I liked this book. This book was tackled hard topics like apartheid, post-apartheid South Africa, racism/colorism, poverty, and domestic abuse in a really informative and impactful way, while still keeping a lot of humor and heart in it. It's not all super depressing stuff.
A lot of the African books I've read lately don't really provide much context (I had to try figure out cultural stuff by myself from the other stuff going on and just accept that things will go over my head). This book was kind of an interesting change of pace because Trevor Noah assumes you know very little and explains things for an outside audience. (I don't think one style is better than the other by the way, it's just a difference that I noticed.)
A lot of the African books I've read lately don't really provide much context (I had to try figure out cultural stuff by myself from the other stuff going on and just accept that things will go over my head). This book was kind of an interesting change of pace because Trevor Noah assumes you know very little and explains things for an outside audience. (I don't think one style is better than the other by the way, it's just a difference that I noticed.)
Content Warnings
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Racism, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Genocide, Misogyny, Xenophobia, Blood, Excrement, Medical content, Kidnapping, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, Classism
Minor: Rape, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts