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KAFFIR BOY IN AMERICA
PREFACE
After Kaffir Boy, a portrait of my childhood
and
youth in Alexandra, a notorious ghetto of South Africa, became a
best-seller, I received scores of letters and telephone calls from readers
across the United States and around the world.
All pointed out that the book revealed a truth about apartheid they had never known or thought existed. All expressed support, admiration and love for me and my family, especially for my mother, who was seen as a rare and beautiful woman of indomitable faith, courage and love.
Kaffir Boy ended with my leaving South
Africa in 1978 for America, on a tennis scholarship arranged by Stan
Smith, the tennis professional. Most of the book's readers wanted to know
the following: How has my life turned out in America?
What has happened to my family, whom I left behind in the ghetto? How do I compare the black experience in America and in South Africa?
Kaffir Boy in America is an
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