Kaffir Boy
by Mark Mathabane
Growing up in apartheid South Africa, hunger and police raids, and escape through tennis and education. Painful and triumphant.
Read it if…
you want a self-education story against total odds.
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Skip it if…
scenes of poverty and violence are too hard.
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Three things you will actually use
- Education is the exit.
- Mothers sacrifice.
- Sport can open doors.
Do this first
Read the chapters on his mother and school.
Our verdict
Out of apartheid.
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