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Official site of Trevor Noah, award winning comedian from South Africa and host of The Daily Show on Comedy Central.

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Our lives, our cultures, are composed of many overlapping stories. Novelist Chimamanda Adichie tells the story of how she found her authentic cultural voice -- and warns that if we hear only a single story about another person or country, we risk a critical misunderstanding.

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Throughout Trevor Noah's early life, he has been treated as a criminal due to him being a mixed child during the apartheid. When he discovers that there was an opportunity to escape, and their family chose not to and stay in their country, how did this impact his and his family's life and how did it separate him from other mixed kids in South Africa? How could have this impacted him into his adult life?

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What significant role do you think the church played in Noah's life?

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What significant role do you think the church played in Noah's life?

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In Chapter 1, Run, Trevor associates the churches he went to with their racial makeup. How might this reflect the different racial communities in South Africa (status, environment, values, culture) ?

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In the First Chapter of Born a Crime Trevor Noah explains in South Africa that intercourse with the other race was illegal since 1927. Going into the next chapter he explains to readers that basically him being alive and him being a product of the illegal practice of intercourse between races makes his whole life a crime. How do you think the fact that he is actually born a crime affects him? Do you think the apartheid is similar to the segregation of America in the 1880's-1970's, if so how similar?

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Throughout the first few chapters, Trevor Noah displays the atrocities that happened during Apartheid. Why do you think that we were not taught about how grotesque Apartheid was and should it be taught in our curriculum? Why?

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Trevor Noah's mom is said to go to 3 different churches with primarily white churches, primarily black churches, and mixed churches what impact do u think this had on Trevor's life.

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Trevor Noah's mom is said to go to 3 different churches with primarily white churches, primarily black churches, and mixed churches what impact do u think this had on Trevor's life.

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Trevor Noah describes the unjust laws put in place by the different people of South Africa. Instead of coming together, they create a divide which plays a huge part in Trevor Noah's life. How does the collision the different groups of South Africa create division and how does this affect Noah's upbringing?

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Trevor Noah describes the unjust laws put in place by the different people of South Africa. Instead of coming together, they create a divide which plays a huge part in Trevor Noah's life. How does the collision the different groups of South Africa create division and how does this affect Noah's upbringing?

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Trevor Noah talks about the three churches that he went to as a child every Sunday. What does this say about the sectionalized nature of apartheid in South Africa at the time?

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Noah lived in secrecy and his very existence was a crime, as his mother and father were of differing races, which was illegal at the time in Africa, making his very existence a crime. Segregation in apartheid is a big part of his life and he is treated differently. He lived in a very religious place where church held a big role. How would the strict apartheid rules effect his upbringing?

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Would his situation be different if he was fully black instead of mixed?

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Noah begins the book about being thrown from a moving car. Why do you think he chose to begin his narrative with this specific anecdote?

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What is the importance of the phrase "bloodless revolution" on page 12 and how does it affect Noah's purpose

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In Chapter 4, Trevor explains how he felt more like a belonged with black people because he has spent his while life to that point surrounded by them. How would he life have been different if instead he has been around white people instead?

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Throughout the parts I have read, it seems that the book is just chapters of his memory and not action filled with him trying to survive and run away, will the whole book be like that?
Also, in chapter 2 or 3 he mentions his mother died so this book is him telling his childhood, but will it ever show us his mom dying.

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In chapter 2, Trevor Noah explains that his mother needed to hide him when he was a child because he was mixed-race. How could this impact his life as adult?

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In chapter 2, Trevor Noah explains that his mother needed to hide him when he was a child because he was mixed-race. How could this impact his life as adult?

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Throughout the chapters that I have read he seemed very calm and lighthearted through the difficult times. I want to learn more about why he is like this? Is this a characteristic of him, why is he like this?

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How do you think that fact that he went down the B class affect his life later on?

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How do you think that fact that he went down the B class affect his life later on?

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How would Trevor's life have changed, if at all, if he stayed in the A class instead of moving to the B class?

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How would Trevor's life have changed, if at all, if he stayed in the A class instead of moving to the B class?

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Noah said that his family sees him as white but the rest of society sees him as colored. How does this type of contradiction impact his identity? How has being treated differently by his own community influenced his identity

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Noah said that his family sees him as white but the rest of society sees him as colored. How does this type of contradiction impact his identity? How has being treated differently by his own community influenced his identity

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Within Trevor Noah's early life, he is easily seen as mischievous, yet the society he grew up in was very harsh and divisive. How could his identity be defined or altered within the large contrast between the characteristics between himself and his society? -Justin Lee

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Why was it that it was Illegal to be mixed but it was legal to be colored?

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Why was it that it was Illegal to be mixed but it was legal to be colored?

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What effects did the apartheid have even after it ended?

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What effects did the apartheid have even after it ended?

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What was the importance of the police state in South Africa during apartheid?

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What was the importance of the police state in South Africa during apartheid?

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I wonder if Trevor Noah's mom told him that she wanted to have him just to make him feel wanted. Maybe he really was an accident.

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I wonder if Trevor Noah's mom told him that she wanted to have him just to make him feel wanted. Maybe he really was an accident.

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Throughout the beginning of the novel, Trevor Noah provides humorous sections along with very serious topics. Why does he utilize humor and what affect does it have on the book?

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In Trevor Noah's childhood, his mother made him learn several languages anywhere from English to Zulu. How would learning these various languages help him in the future as an adult?

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So far throughout the novel, Trevor Noah has a humorous tone. Why do you think he utilizes this while talking about serious topics?

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So far throughout the novel, Trevor Noah has a humorous tone. Why do you think he utilizes this while talking about serious topics?

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I notice that he used a metaphor about being thrown out of an airplane when there was an option of using a parachute and compared it to his experience growing up as a mixed child in the apartheid of South Africa and the alternative his family had of leaving.

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I noticed that he compared a lot of serious things from his childhood to things that our generation can relate to including movies, along with certain phrases

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I noticed that he compared a lot of serious things from his childhood to things that our generation can relate to including movies, along with certain phrases

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Trevor Noah grew up knowing both sides to living in South Africa- being Black and having to suffer, and being white and living without concerns. How do you think this allowed him to grow as a person and how do these experiences influence a child?

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This chapter talks about how deep the apartheid truly was. What lasting effects (if any) do you think the apartheid had on Africa and its people?

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What is the significance of the following quote: “It is easier to be an insider as an outsider than to be an outsider as an insider.”

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In Chapter 5, Trevor writes about how his mother's experience as the "second girl" - unwanted and having no place of belonging. How might this have impacted the way she raised Trevor - the "middle child" of whites and blacks?

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How does Noah identify in his community?

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How does Noah identify in his community?

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How does Trevor Noah's innocence as a child blinds his thoughts and opinions about the way race works even in his own family?

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How would Trevor's life be different if he didn't move out of Soweto?

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What is Trevor Noah trying to say about his identity when he mentions that his only way to connect with other people was through language.

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Throughout Chapter 4, we see how Trevor Noah learns multiple African languages to communicate with his black peers. How does language transcend race in South Africa, and what significant role did it play in Noah's life?

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Trevor notes that most of the other children did not have fathers because they were working low pay high work jobs. Why did Trevor note this disparity?

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What was the importance of Noah bringing up British racism vs. Afrikaner racism?

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Trevor talks about how growing up in Eden's Park he didn't have many friends, because people considered him to be different from them. What could he have done to make more friends?

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Why doesn't his mom kick her abusive boyfriend out of the house?

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Why does he agree with Maralyen choice of leaving him for the white boy?

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How does Trever Noah being "Born a Crime" impact his relationship with his community?

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How does Trever Noah being "Born a Crime" impact his relationship with his community?

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Trevor Noah's schooling experience was something that could be considered very controversial. How can this separation of classes through an exam support his ideals of a broken society?- Justin Lee

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Trevor Noah grew up on both sides of Africa, and he had different experiences with different races. How do you think that impacted his character?

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Trevor Noah grew up on both sides of Africa, and he had different experiences with different races. How do you think that impacted his character?

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Why do you think that speaking the same language as someone is more powerful than being the same color?

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Why do you think that speaking the same language as someone is more powerful than being the same color?

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How did learning to respond to people in their own languages help Trevor Noah later in his life?

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Did Trevor Noah ever tell his mom that day he threw away his poop in the trash can? If so how did she react?

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Did Trevor Noah ever tell his mom that day he threw away his poop in the trash can? If so how did she react?

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How would Trevors life be different if he lived with both his parents

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Does Trevor take advantage of being bad because he knows he will not be disciplined? 

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Does Trevor take advantage of being bad because he knows he will not be disciplined? 

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His mom and dad got toegther even though it was illegal, will trevor follow their footsteps.

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His mom and dad got toegther even though it was illegal, will trevor follow their footsteps.

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After seeing the deep effect of apartheid on Trevor and his community, how does apartheid affect South Africa and other countries to this day?

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How will Trevor take the experiences with his parents in Africa shape his future life?

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Throughout this book, there are many examples where Patricia supports Trevor Noah’s rebellious opinions and actions. How did Patricia’s parenting and her similar rebellious style of Trevor Noah affect how he grew up?

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I noticed that often times, although the two disagreed a lot, Trevor Noah and his mother were very much alike with their beliefs on unjust rules/loopholes and just with their character. We also saw that Trevor's father was not around as much, but in what way did his father influence his character?

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I think chapter 4 really connects to our world today. Trevor Noah talks about his life growing up and how racist thoughts that occurred then, still do today. How do you think people´s beliefs today are influenced by the past?

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I think chapter 4 really connects to our world today. Trevor Noah talks about his life growing up and how racist thoughts that occurred then, still do today. How do you think people´s beliefs today are influenced by the past?

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Trevor often utilizes humor, sarcasm, and irony when he tackles more difficult and controversial subjects. Does this approach add to or take away from the weight of the issue and how?

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In this week's reading we see Trevor tell a variety stories each with their own humorous moments but they also maintain a level of seriousness. How do you think Noah uses humor in Born a crime? And why do you think he uses it in this way?

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Do you think the audio book would create a different feel for the readers coming right from Trevor Noah himself?

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Do you think the audio book would create a different feel for the readers coming right from Trevor Noah himself?

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How do you think the constant moves and lack of friends due to racism affected Noah’s psyche and led him to be the person he is today?

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After Teddy got arrested for shoplifting, he was expelled from the school. If Trevor had accused one of the white kids being listed by the teachers, what punishment do you think he would have received? Would it have been different?

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Trevor Noah brings up the point that Germans learn about the Holocaust in complete depth and so do British children regarding colonialism (to some degree), yet in America, we get a very nationalistic view of history without much of our failure. Is there an extent to which we should be limiting our history? How would our society be different if we were taught the full extent of racism?

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How does Trevor Noah's use of sarcasm, irony, and humor affect his coming of age story and how we perceive his development as a child?

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How does Trevor's immature behavior of watching porn affect his perspective about Babiki?

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Throughout the novel, Trevor narrates a lot of his experiences with a lighthearted and humorous tone, but the topics he covers are also very serious in nature. How does his approach to covering these topics affect the impact they make on the reader?

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Trevor seems like one of those people who turn upsetting moments into funny ones so it does not seem as bad towards the reader but why does he do this? Is he just used to all these moments that it is funny?

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Trevor seems like one of those people who turn upsetting moments into funny ones so it does not seem as bad towards the reader but why does he do this? Is he just used to all these moments that it is funny?

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Trevor didn't understand the seriousness of "Hitler" when he went to the Jewish school to DJ. He talks about how school in South Africa don't get emotional while teaching, they just go by facts. This is also seen in Trevor's character. He doesn't really get emotional, how does this affect him as a person and contribute to his story?

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How does the events that he went through growing up affect him now?

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How does the events that he went through growing up affect him now?

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Why do you think Trevor uses humor, sarcasm, and irony?

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Why do you think Trevor uses humor, sarcasm, and irony?

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What lesson/story/moral has been the most important to Trevor so far, and how has that lesson helped him through growing up under Apartheid?

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Although Trevor wanted to get some insight on his dad, it backfired when he tried to ask his father questions, and he felt he was being interrogated. They were able to move on in their relationship after Trevor started interviewing him.

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What is the importance of having a close connection with your loved ones?

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Trevor uses humor many times to describe his memories, although a lot of the time, the topic can be very serious to other people. Why do you think he incorporates comedy?

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Trevor uses humor many times to describe his memories, although a lot of the time, the topic can be very serious to other people. Why do you think he incorporates comedy?

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Why do you think Trevor uses satire and other forms of humor when talking about serious topics such as racism and apartheid

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What do you think Trevor Noah recognized within people when he experienced Abel acting so violent towards the boy and man? -Justin Lee

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What is the impact of the different types of racism that existed in South Africa near the end of apartheid on Trevor Noah?

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Do you think Trevor Noah purposefully tries to down play serious issues to make it less serious?

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how does trevor noah use comical syntax to contextualize racism?

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how does trevor noah use comical syntax to contextualize racism?

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I notice that Trevor Noah continues to create relationships and bridges between different cultures which give him more opportunities.

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In Chapter 17, it was very concerning how Trevor's mother wanted to punish him before the world did. Because he's black, his mother expected the world to be cruel to him and this feels like such a sad truth. Isn't this evident in recent events? With the BLM movement, people are becoming more aware that there is great injustice in the world when it comes to race despite the fact that this should have all ended earlier with the Civil Rights movement. It is a sad reality that people must prepare to be treated wrongly as a result of the color of their skin.

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Why do you think Trevor is so invested in his mother and what does this say about

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Why do you think Trevor is so invested in his mother and what does this say about

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Has this book changed your perception of certain things that it addressed? If so, how?

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Now that we’ve finished the book, what are some takeaways you have found?

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Do you have any idea what Trevor Noah's purpose is as we end the book?

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What are examples of coming of age as a reoccurring theme towards the end?

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Why is so Trevor so invested in his mother and what does this say about her role in his personal development?

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Why is so Trevor so invested in his mother and what does this say about her role in his personal development?

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Has reading this book changed how you view different current events or your perspectives towards certain topics?

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Why did his mother ignore Trevor’s thoughts on Abel? How was this significant to Trevor's life?

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Why did his mother ignore Trevor’s thoughts on Abel? How was this significant to Trevor's life?

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Which of the themes that were present throughout the book do you feel had the most importance or played the largest role in Trevor's development and making him who he is today?

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I was kinda upset by the ending. Where did he talk his brothers?
The hospital really was asking about money at this moment? I thought doctors took an oath to serve and protect all patients.

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Now that we have finished the book, what takeaways do you have or what lessons have you learned?

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Now that we have finished the book, what takeaways do you have or what lessons have you learned?

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What is the importance that Trevor's mother had on his life? Thoughts on a lot of the book being on his mother rather solely focused on himself?

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What is the importance that Trevor's mother had on his life? Thoughts on a lot of the book being on his mother rather solely focused on himself?

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Trevor Noah is someone who has undoubtedly suffered many challenges, yet has strove through them in order to become very successful today. What can the audience learn from Trevor Noah's experiences to better themselves in facing challenges? -Justin Lee

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What is the impact of the injury to his mother on Trevor's life since she meant so much to him?

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What is the impact of the injury to his mother on Trevor's life since she meant so much to him?

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“She would hold my hand or carry me … bag of weed” (28) shows the struggles that Trevor faced. His mother wasn’t truly or unapologetically able to show others that Trevor was hier son because of the rules of the apartheid.  -- Aparnaa

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"'Why? Why didn't we just leave? Why didn't we go to Switzerland?'
'Because I am not Swiss,' she said, as stubborn as ever. 'This is my country. Why should I leave?'" (Noah 31)
Trevor Noah's mother was very opinionated and would also act through what she believed in, even when it might not have been the best case scenario for Trevor and even herself. If she had accepted that sometimes her ideas might not have been the wisest, how could this have differently shaped Trevor's childhood and lifestyle instead of being hidden from society? - Ashish