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Born a crime

stories from a South African childhood
2016
Trevor Noah's unlikely path from apartheid South Africa to the desk of The Daily Show began with a criminal act: his birth. Trevor was born to a white Swiss father and a black Xhosa mother at a time when such a union was punishable by five years in prison. Born a Crime is the story of a mischievous young boy who grows into a restless young man as he struggles to find himself in a world where he was never supposed to exist.

Durban

South Africa
2003

The power of one

1999
Terrorized because of his family's political beliefs, PK, a young, white South African orphan, turns to a wise old prisoner who teaches him how to box. As PK grows to manhood, his skill gives him a sense of justice and the confidence to take on the unjust system he sees around him.

Genocide and persecution

Contains essays looking at the apartheid in South Africa.

The soccer fence

a story of friendship, hope and apartheid in South Africa
2014
Each time Hector watches white boys playing soccer in Johannesburg, South Africa, he dreams of playing on a real pitch one day and after the fall of apartheid, when he sees the 1996 African Cup of Nations team, he knows that his dream can come true.

Nelson Mandela

the authorized comic book
2009
A graphic novel depiction of the life of Nelson Mandela that details his childhood, education, career as a lawyer, activism, imprisonment, and more.

The world beneath

2016
After rescuing a stranger during anti-apartheid riots, Joshua, who grew up in the maid's room of a wealthy white employer's home, must make life changing decisions.

Chanda's secret

2004
Chandra Kabelo, a sixteen-year-old in a small South African town, faces down shame and stigma in her efforts to help friends and family members who are dying of AIDS.

No more strangers now

young voices from a new South Africa
2000
In their own words, a variety of teenagers from South Africa talk about their years growing up under apartheid, and about the changes now occurring in their country.

Too late the phalarope

1995
After violating his country's strictest law governing relationships between the races, a young white South African police lieutenant must struggle alone against the censure of the intolerant society that refuses to forgive his crime.

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