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

from ursula

Set in South Africa during the dark days of apartheid, Kaffir Boy is the story of Mark Mathabane's life. He lives with his family in a ghetto in Johannesburg, not only in abject poverty, but also in constant fear of police raids. The police roust the black population frequently to verify their "p...

from catarina1

The term "kaffir" is a derogatory term in South Africa, and its use in the title is somewhat shocking but perhaps, appropriately so. The book tells the story of Johannes (Mark) and his family, his childhood in South Africa and then his success in the the world of tennis. It tells of the sacrifice...

from AnnMarieC

Kaffir Boy by Mark Mathabane is an amazing autobiography that tells of Mark Mathabane's childhood thru adult hood and the many things he had to go thru during the time of apartheid in South Africa. I really enjoyed this book more than any autobiography I have read. The setting is set in the mid-1...

from PKKingster

This is a novel about Mark Mathabane, and what it was like for him growing up in the Apartheid that was South Africa. This novel provides a look into something no one in my classroom will have seen before, and it brings up issues of wealth, race, and racial history, all of which have certain plac...

from elmiller

A powerful and thought provoking look at life in a South African shanty town. Emotionally, the 1st 50 pages of the book were difficult to get through, but I do consider it a must-read for anyway wanting to understand the Apartheid era in South Africa.