![]() The racially torn nation is so vividly portrayed by Noah, all the characters flavoured with individual vocal textures and his mastery over the number of African languages and accents, only add to the overall experience.īorn to a white Swiss-German father and a black Xhosa mother during a time when such a union was punishable by five years in prison, Noah’s often comical and at times horrifying coming of age tale is a truly compelling and uplifting journey. With Born a Crime, Trevor Noah does this with such exquisite class, which you probably would expect from one of the world’s brightest comedians, but his range and variety are astonishing, to say the least. While pulling off mythology among a ten-year-old intellect crowd is one thing, narrating your entire childhood to a total stranger from the other side of the globe, that’s an entirely different ball game. Storytelling is an art form at which even the world’s best writers would probably fail, it is a skill that our grandparents mastered after repeated attempts with their children and then with their children’s children. ![]() ![]() Written and narrated by Trevor Noah, Born a Crime, sets a new gold standard for memoir storytelling and in the process redefines the genres of autobiography and audiobooks all at once. This is an endearing story of a mother and child who made their own in the midst of a crumbling apartheid and the polarising days that followed. Trevor Noah’s Born a Crime falls in the latter category.īy Nikhil Sreekandan © Buzz South Africa NewsĪs the music slowly swallows his final words and swells up through the ending credits, your tear-stained cheeks can’t help but plaster itself in an infinite smile. ![]() There are stories that are best enjoyed when read and then there are some that absolutely must be listened to. ![]()
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