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verdigrised @verdigrised
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Feb 9, 2023
- Answered to Any recommendations for cool nonfiction books?
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I don’t read much non fiction but I love memoirs so here’s my recs:
Hákon the Throat-Torn @pweaphy
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Feb 9, 2023
- Answered to Any recommendations for cool nonfiction books?
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Honestly @Trevornoah's Born a Crime is such a good read.
Uncle Tobi @FasipeTobi
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Jan 6, 2023
- Answered to What is the best non-fiction book you've ever read?
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Has to be Born a Crime by @Trevornoah
Patrick Keane @phkeane
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Mar 26, 2022
- Answered to What are the best books about Africa or by African authors?
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Trevor Noah, Born a Crime.
Barely Accredited @baccredited
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Mar 26, 2022
- Answered to What are the best books about Africa or by African authors?
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Bill Gates @BillGates
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May 22, 2017
- Curated in 5 good summer reads (2017)
As a longtime fan of The Daily Show, I loved reading this memoir about how its host honed his outsider approach to comedy over a lifetime of never quite fitting in. Born to a black South African mother and a white Swiss father in apartheid South Africa, he entered the world as a biracial child in a country where mixed race relationships were forbidden. Much of Noah’s story of growing up in South Africa is tragic. Yet, as anyone who watches his nightly monologues knows, his moving stories will often leave you laughing.