London England: Pan Books, 1987. Kaffir Boy : Growing Out of Apartheid.Kaffir Boy does for apartheid-era South Africa what Richard Wright's Black Boy did for the segregated American South. In stark prose, Mathabane describes his life growing up in a nonwhite ghetto outside Johannesburg--and how he escaped its horrors. Hard work and faith in education played key roles, and Mathabane eventually won a tennis scholarship to an American university. This is not, needless to say, an opportunity afforded to many of the poor blacks who make up most of South Africa's population. And yet Mathabane reveals their troubled world on these pages in a way that only someone who has lived this life can. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions etc.). 1st Paperback Printing. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Paperback.

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Bookseller: thelondonbookworm.com (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 083366
Title: Kaffir Boy : Growing Out of Apartheid
Author: Mathabane, Mark
Format/Binding: Paperback
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Edition: 1st Paperback Printing
ISBN 10: 0330297090
ISBN 13: 9780330297097
Publisher: Pan Books
Place of Publication: London England
Date Published: 1987
Keywords: Apartheid South Africa Non-Fiction Biography
Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

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