Book · 2016 · apartheid
Born a Crime
Stories from a South African Childhood
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He wrote a book called born a crime and it's a very thoughtful serious look at his life.
Angela Duckworth · No Stupid Questions · Jul 2023 Listen at 24:20 What they say about it
- Calls it a favorite book“one of my favorite books”2
- Praises as brilliant2
- Highlights thoughtful and serious nature“thoughtful, serious look at his life”2
The best things said about it
Even if you read uh Trevor Noah's book I don't know if you ever read it BN crime yeah can I just tell you listen to it on Audible because he reads it and it is so informative so funny and also so poignant.
Your book, Born a Crime, is brilliant.
Jay Shetty On Purpose with Jay Shetty · Dec 2022 Trevor Noah on politics, race, religion, and his excellent new memoir, Born a Crime.
Stephen Dubner Freakonomics Radio · Jan 2017 I read Born a Crime by Trevor Noah. It was his memoir of his childhood in South Africa. And politics aside, he's a decent comedian and had me laughing out loud and thinking a lot as well.
Who you might think is just comedic and funny, but he wrote a book called Born a Crime, and it's a very thoughtful, serious look at his life.
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Why people recommend it
Born a Crime by Trevor Noah is a critically acclaimed autobiographical memoir detailing the comedian's extraordinary upbringing as the child of a white Swiss father and a Black Xhosa mother in apartheid South Africa, where his very existence was illegal. Angela Duckworth recommended the book on No Stupid Questions, praising it as a thoughtful, serious, and deeply engaging examination of life, regret, and personal perspective. Mark Suster similarly recommended the memoir on This Week in Startups, strongly advising listeners to experience the audiobook version narrated by Noah himself, which he described as informative, funny, and deeply poignant. Jay Shetty hosted Noah on On Purpose, celebrating the book's brilliance and discussing how those early childhood hardships fundamentally shaped his identity and resilience. Stephen Dubner also featured Noah and his memoir on Freakonomics Radio to explore intersections of politics, race, and religion. More recently, Mel Robbins and Steven Bartlett referenced the book's powerful themes and quotes on their respective podcasts to discuss the human imagination, personal ambition, and the harsh realities of growing up under apartheid. Across all these discussions, the memoir is celebrated as a moving testament to maternal love, survival, and triumph against overwhelming odds.
Every mention
Jay Shetty Your book, Born a Crime, is brilliant and I don’t want to go through the entire book, as I would love for p… 3
Recommended
“So, anyway, but I I want to start with you but you know, your book Born a Crime is a brilliant brilliant book and I don't want to go through the whole book.”
Recommended
“Your book, Born a Crime, is brilliant and I don’t want to go through the entire book, as I would love for people to read it if they haven’t.”
Discussed
“i think it was yesterday or a couple of days ago where you recommended you actually recommended trevor noah's audiobook of crime for a book to study with for high school students”
Angela Duckworth and i think one fascinating thing i listened to recently was from trevor noah who's the comedian wrote one… 2
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“and i think one fascinating thing i listened to recently was from trevor noah who's the comedian wrote one of my favorite books is book bor crime”
Recommended
“he wrote a book called born a crime and it's a very thoughtful serious look at his life”
Stephen Dubner Today on Freakonomics Radio, Trevor Noah on politics, race, religion, and his excellent new memoir, Born a… 2
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“Today on Freakonomics Radio, Trevor Noah on politics, race, religion, and his excellent new memoir, Born a Crime.”
Discussed
“This meant that Noah was technically Born a Crime, the title of his book. The rules of apartheid dictated that neither his mother nor father could publicly acknowledge this mixed-race boy as their son.”
Mark Suster even if you read uh Trevor Noah's book I don't know if you ever read it BN crime yeah can I just tell you l… 1
Recommended
“even if you read uh Trevor Noah's book I don't know if you ever read it BN crime yeah can I just tell you listen to it on Audible because he reads it and it is so informative so funny and also so poignant”
Pamela Paul I just read years after everyone else read it which is the way I roll with anything that lands in the best… 2
Discussed
“I think he started thinking about this after listening to us talk about born a crime by Trevor Noah”
Discussed
“I just read years after everyone else read it which is the way I roll with anything that lands in the best s list Trevor was Memoir born a crime”
Andrew Sage So recently I read Born a Crime by Trevor Noah. It was his memoir of his childhood in South Africa. And pol… 1
Discussed
“So recently I read Born a Crime by Trevor Noah. It was his memoir of his childhood in South Africa. And politics aside, he's a decent comedian and had me laughing out loud and thinking a lot as well.”
Mel Robbins When we first got you to agree to come on the show and I started digging into your book and your work, I im… 1
Discussed
“When we first got you to agree to come on the show and I started digging into your book and your work, I immediately thought of this quote in Trevor Noah, who I love, his number one New York Time bestseller, Born a Crime.”
Mike Maughan We have these constructs, and I think one fascinating thing I listened to recently was from Trevor Noah, wh… 1
Discussed
“We have these constructs, and I think one fascinating thing I listened to recently was from Trevor Noah, who's the comedian who wrote one of my favorite books, 'Born a Crime.'”
Robert Evans That's why Trevor Noah's biography is titled like Born a Crime, right? 1
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“That's why Trevor Noah's biography is titled like Born a Crime, right?”
Steven Bartlett so for anyone that doesn't know what it's like to be a child that has a a white father and a black mother g… 1
Discussed
“so for anyone that doesn't know what it's like to be a child that has a a white father and a black mother growing up in apartheid South Africa where as it says on the front of your book you're considered a crime”
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Discussed
“Who you might think is just comedic and funny, but he wrote a book called Born a Crime, and it's a very thoughtful, serious look at his life. And in there, he says this: I don't regret anything I've ever done in my life, any choice that I've made, but I'm consumed with regret for the things I didn't do,”
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“like I I've experienced every emotion because I mean fear was the first one the idea that this person could take away you know the life of of someone who arguably I loveed the most then like rage helplessness um even even like shame”