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Born in Chains: The Diary of an angry 'Born-free'
Jonathan Ball Publishers
ISBN13:
9781868428762
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Just like in the squatter camp in Atteridgeville, there was no electricity in our new home. But here it was very different: it was safe. Only years later I figured out why the crime rate was so low in our village: there was nothing to steal. Born in Chains is a fist-hand account of living in abject poverty in South Africa. Clinton Chauke was born in 1994 into a Vatsonga household and has faced all the challenges of growing up at the edges of society: first in rural Limpopo, then in a village bordering the Kruger National Park, and finally in a squatter camp near Pretoria. Navigating a world of racism and tribalism and confronting urban life as a country 'bumpkin', the author depicts the lifelines and pitfalls of a young life: going to school, coming to terms with tradition, religion and politics, becoming a man and - ultimately - finding his identity as a young black person in South Africa. Uncompromising, honest and witty, Chauke's memoir is a story of hope and perseverance and of succeeding against all the odds.
- | Author: Clinton Chauke
- | Publisher: Jonathan Ball Publishers
- | Publication Date: May 15, 2018
- | Number of Pages: 278 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Paperback
- | ISBN-10: 1868428761
- | ISBN-13: 9781868428762
- Author:
- Clinton Chauke
- Publisher:
- Jonathan Ball Publishers
- Publication Date:
- May 15, 2018
- Number of pages:
- 278 pages
- Language:
- English
- Binding:
- Paperback
- ISBN-10:
- 1868428761
- ISBN-13:
- 9781868428762