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> Tag: Born a Crime

A surprisingly educational celebrity autobiography

Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah

March 4, 2019 by Malin Leave a Comment

In this very engaging autobiography, Trevor Noah opens up about growing up in South Africa, born from a black Xhosa mother and a white Swiss father at a time when this was literally a crime punishable with several years in prison. The Apartheid regime ended while Noah was still young, but his childhood was still deeply affected by the fact that he was a mixed race child in a society where the races were not supposed to mix at all, to the point where his […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Biography/Memoir, History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: autobiography, Born a Crime, cbr11, celebrity, funny, Malin, non fiction, Racism, south africa, Trevor Noah

Malin's CBR11 Review No:6 · Genres: Audiobooks, Biography/Memoir, History, Non-Fiction · Tags: autobiography, Born a Crime, cbr11, celebrity, funny, Malin, non fiction, Racism, south africa, Trevor Noah ·
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Yes, this memoir is as good as everyone says.

July 9, 2018 by narfna 3 Comments

If you like audiobooks at all, I would suggest doing this by audio. I know I enjoyed it a lot more than I would have reading in another format because Trevor Noah narrates it himself, and his voices for everyone are very charming. There’s also something very satisfying about hearing someone tell stories about their life in their own voice. This book is made up of a series of interconnected stories about his youth in South Africa, from when he was “born a crime,” with […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Comedy/Humor, Non-Fiction Tagged With: #memoir, apartheid, Born a Crime, Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood, humor, narfna, Non-Fiction, south africa, Trevor Noah

narfna's CBR10 Review No:81 · Genres: Audiobooks, Comedy/Humor, Non-Fiction · Tags: #memoir, apartheid, Born a Crime, Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood, humor, narfna, Non-Fiction, south africa, Trevor Noah ·
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A Personal View into Life under and after Apartheid

March 4, 2018 by Jen K Leave a Comment

In an effort to try to get into Audio books, I crowd sourced the FB group for recommendations, and this had a large number of glowing recommendations.  I quite liked it, and it helped that I had a three hour drive to complete when I started the book.  I still struggle a bit with focusing on audiobooks when not in a car so I may have missed a few minor details but overall, I really enjoyed this book. I remember vaguely learning about South Africa […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir Tagged With: apartheid, Born a Crime, Celebrity Memoir, south africa, Trevor Noah

Jen K's CBR10 Review No:22 · Genres: Biography/Memoir · Tags: apartheid, Born a Crime, Celebrity Memoir, south africa, Trevor Noah ·
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Best Audiobook of the Year (Yes, it is only February, don’t care!)

February 5, 2018 by Beth Ellen 5 Comments

How can I have already listened to the best audiobook of the year? It’s only the beginning of February! But I have. It’s that good. Go listen. I didn’t even know much about Mr. Noah going in besides that he hosts the Daily Show, was from South Africa, and does stand up. Doesn’t matter, he tells you all you need to know. So when I told Mr. Beth Ellen what I was listening to his response was, “he’s too young to write a memoir”. And […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir Tagged With: Beth Ellen, Born a Crime, Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood, Trevor Noah

Beth Ellen's CBR10 Review No:6 · Genres: Biography/Memoir · Tags: Beth Ellen, Born a Crime, Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood, Trevor Noah ·
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“He’s Mine, He’s Everyone’s”

January 21, 2018 by faintingviolet 1 Comment

Last year there were several glowing reviews of Trevor Noah’s Born a Crime. Based on positive word of mouth I had already picked up the audio version which Noah narrates himself. I was intrigued by Noah – we’re the same age (well, I’m almost exactly a year older) but our lives couldn’t be more different, and I love a good memoir. For the many reasons life throws your way I did not manage to listen to Born a Crime in 2017. However, fast forward to […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Biography/Memoir Tagged With: #memoir, Born a Crime, faintingviolet, read harder challenge, Trevor Noah

faintingviolet's CBR10 Review No:4 · Genres: Audiobooks, Biography/Memoir · Tags: #memoir, Born a Crime, faintingviolet, read harder challenge, Trevor Noah ·
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Laugh, Learn and Cry with Trevor Noah

December 26, 2017 by teresaelectro 2 Comments

Trevor Noah’s autobiography, Born a Crime: Stories from A South African Childhood, was my first audio book. I was determined to hear his narration and found the CD version at my local library. My car still has a cd player, so Trevor kept me company during my first week commuting to a new job. All I knew of Trevor Noah was he replaced Jon Stewart, grew up in South Africa and was a comedian. I had no idea what to expect from his book to be honest. […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Comedy/Humor, History Tagged With: #memoir, Africa, anti-apartheid, apartheid, autobiography, Born a Crime, Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood, cannonball read 9, cbr9, comedian, comedy, south africa, The Daily Show, Trevor Noah

teresaelectro's CBR9 Review No:6 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Comedy/Humor, History · Tags: #memoir, Africa, anti-apartheid, apartheid, autobiography, Born a Crime, Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood, cannonball read 9, cbr9, comedian, comedy, south africa, The Daily Show, Trevor Noah ·
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