Born a Crime; A glimpse in a time that tore us Apart-heid

So, the reason that I read this after my mum read it and recommended it to me, and I really enjoyed this. I had heard stories for my parents' and their lives in South Africa, but getting to hear how life was like for someone that the law didn't like was eye-opening in a different way. It was like I got to hear parts of a story that was so similar to what my parents did, even Trevor Noah living in the same area as my folks, but at the same time from a completely different perspective. You learn about South Africa and apartheid, what Nelson Mandela did when he was freed from Robben Island, but you don't hear the truth that happened, the violence that ravaged, all the necklacing that occurred. This book helped me see more of South Africa after apartheid ended. They may have gotten freedom, but without the proper help and supplies, how is anyone supposed to make something for themselves? “People always lecture the poor: “Take responsibility for yourself! Make something of yourself!” But with what raw materials are the poor to make something of themselves? People," this quote really makes me think about how we treat freedom, by letting you out in the world with nothing and expecting you to build so much from that nothing. I really enjoyed the fact that he wrote this like a story, not exactly like an autobiography, but like a story that you would tell a friend, we're his friends. The times he got to have in South Africa are exceptional, and his story will live on, maybe just as a reminder that we really aren't that different from one another, no matter if you are a chameleon or not.