Kaffir Boy: The True Story of a Black Youth's Coming of Age in Apartheid South Africa

Mathabane, Mark

ISBN 10: 1455157244 ISBN 13: 9781455157242

Publisher: Blackstone Pub, 2012

Synopsis

A Black writer describes his childhood in South Africa under apartheid and recounts how Arthur Ashe and Stan Smith helped him leave for America on a tennis scholarship

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Review:

"Powerful, intense, inspiring."

-- "Publishers Weekly"

"Powerful, intense, inspiring."-- "Publishers Weekly"

"Like . . . Claude Brown's "Manchild in the Promised Land" . . . in every way as important and exciting."-- "The Washington Post"

"This is a rare look inside the festering adobe shanties of Alexandra, one of South Africa's notorious black townships. Rare because it comes . . . from the heart of a passionate young African who grew up there."-- "Chicago Tribune"

Synopsis:

This is an extraordinary and powerful account of the brutality and degradation black people suffered under the apartheid regime. A recognised classic, Mark Mathabane's remarkable story of life under apartheid is told with remarkable and relentless honesty. The reader is given a rare personal glimpse behind the televised protests and boycotts and into the daily fear and hunger which was so devastating. Often compared to Richard Wright's "Black Boy" and Ralph Ellison's "Invisible Man", "Kaffir Boy" is a memoir of growing up in a world where poverty, hopelessness, and desperation are constant companions. Written with courage and conviction, Mathabane reveals the ultimate triumph of the human spirit over hatred and unspeakable disgrace.

About this edition

• Publisher: Blackstone Pub
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1455157244
• ISBN 13: 9781455157242
• Binding: Audio CD