Book Review: Kaffir Boy
Kaffir Boy is an autobiographical work written by Mark Mathbane. It was the first South African autobiography to be written in English by a black native. Mathabne's aspiration for writing this book was to inform the world that apartheid had to end because it could not be reformed. Eventually, the book would achieve its goal of opening the eyes of many people worldwide about this subject matter.
Kaffir Boy contains several main themes. The book accuses South Africa's National Party's of abusing its power. Mathabane and his family, like all other blacks in South Africa, became victims of a racially abusive system that existed until the early nineties. The absence of equal opportunity is clearly portrayed in the book. The contrast between the opportunities of blacks and those of whites is added in the visits of Mathabane to the Smiths' home in Johannesburg. The Smith family, which only has three members, lives in a huge estate, when the house of the......

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Title: Kaffir Boy
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