Compelling Coming-of-Age-Memoirs: Kaffir Boy

An Autobiography – The True Story of a Black Youth's Coming of Age in Apartheid South Africa

by Mark Mathabane
Growing up in South Africa under apartheid, Mark Mathabane and his siblings struggled to survive in an impoverished ghetto. In this memoir, he describes how education and a talent for tennis helped him to escape the poverty and violence of his childhood.
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