Mark Mathabane writes memoir and nonfiction about growing up under apartheid and the difficult transition from township life to education abroad. Kaffir Boy recounts his childhood in Alexandra, South Africa, where poverty, police violence and racial restrictions shaped everyday life, and how tennis and schooling created a path towards the United States. Kaffir Boy in America continues with culture shock, race and higher education after migration. African Women, written with his wife Gail, broadens the focus through women's stories and social conditions in southern Africa. Mathabane's writing is direct and autobiographical, with the strongest links to apartheid memoir, South African history, education and migration narratives. Read more Less
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