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Mark Mathabane
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born
October 18, 1960
in Alexandra, Gauteng, South Africa
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Kaffir Boy: The True Story of a Black Youth's Coming of Age in Apartheid South Africa
  4.12 avg rating — 3,743 ratings
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1986
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21 editions
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Kaffir Boy in America: An Encounter with Apartheid
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Miriam's Song: A Memoir
by Mark Mathabane, Miriam Mathabane 4.07 avg rating — 132 ratings
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2000
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Love in Black and White: The Triumph of Love Over Predjudice and Taboo
3.81 avg rating — 57 ratings
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1992
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African Women: Three Generations
4.35 avg rating — 46 ratings
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1994
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Kaffir Boy: And Related Readings (Literature Connections)
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Ubuntu
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Selected From Kaffir Boy
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Unknown Book 8140819
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2009
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Het lied van Miriam
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“Voracious reading was like an anesthesia, numbing me to the harsh life around me.”
― Mark Mathabane, Kaffir Boy: The True Story of a Black Youth's Coming of Age in Apartheid South Africa
― Mark Mathabane, Kaffir Boy: The True Story of a Black Youth's Coming of Age in Apartheid South Africa
“I think my mother's and Granny's storytelling had had the same effect upon me when a child, as the reading of books: my mind was stimulated, my creativity encouraged.”
― Mark Mathabane, Kaffir Boy: The True Story of a Black Youth's Coming of Age in Apartheid South Africa
― Mark Mathabane, Kaffir Boy: The True Story of a Black Youth's Coming of Age in Apartheid South Africa
“Let us not rest until we are free to live in dignity in the land of our birth.”
― Mark Mathabane, Kaffir Boy: The True Story of a Black Youth's Coming of Age in Apartheid South Africa
― Mark Mathabane, Kaffir Boy: The True Story of a Black Youth's Coming of Age in Apartheid South Africa
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