Key Events 1
What happens to Trevor's mother at the end of the memoir.
What is she is shot by Abel?
Why Trevor is 'Born a Crime'.
What is it was illegal for a white man and a black woman to have a child under apartheid?
What Trevor did on the kitchen floor in chapter 3.
What is he put newspaper down and pooped?
“Mbuyi...you don’t respect me.”
Who is Abel?
The language Trevor's mother taught him to speak at home.
What is Xhosa?
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What Abel does when children throw mulberries at Trevor.
What is he beats the bully with a tree branch?
What is Swiss?
“Pray for Abel because he doesn’t hate us. He hates himself.”
Who is Patricia?
Trevor discusses the challenges he faced with language in school. The language that was primarily used as the medium of instruction in the schools he attended was...
What is English?
The name of the girl Trevor has a crush on in high school.
Who is Zaheera?
The two tribes the "bloodless revolution" is between.
Who are the Zulus and Xhosa?
What Koko, Trevor's grandmother was unable to do.
What is she was blind, so she was unable to see?
“Who hit you? Your husband? What did you do? Did you make him angry?”
Who are the police?
Trevor describes how language can be a source of power and influence. He mentions a time when he used language skills to impress girls. This is the language he learned to impress them.
What is Zulu?
The school Trevor attends from prep to Grade 6.
What is Maryvale College?
What the police do to do Trevor one day when he is DJ'ing in Alex.
What is they hold a rifle to his head and then shoot his computer?
How Trevor's parents met.
What is at secret integrated parties, rebelling against Apartheid?
"Look lady, this is not insulting anyone. This is who we are!”
Who is Trevor?
Trevor describes a unique language that developed during apartheid, where people mixed different languages to communicate discreetly. This is the name of this language.
What is Fanagalo?
The event that happens at King David School.
What is: it's a Jewish school and Trevor's friend Hitler starts dancing while they chant 'Go Hitler'?
Where Trevor's mother went at the age of 9.
What is she left home to work on her aunt's farm?
Trevor's grandfather's name.
Who is Temperance Noah?
“How dare you? This is disgusting! You horrible, disgusting vile creature! How dare you?!”
Who is the teacher at Jewish School?
Trevor reflects on the cultural norms and traditions he encountered while growing up. In one chapter, he discusses a traditional coming-of-age ceremony. This is the name of this ceremony.
What is a "Ukwaluka" or "Initiation Ceremony"?