Characters
This character was known for being an alcoholic and abusive.
Who is Abel?
Trevor's mother had to throw him out of a car to save his life because their Zulu bus drivers did not like that they were apart of this racial group?
What is Xhosa?
The black township where Trevor and his mother originally grew up. Located just South West of Johannesburg.
What is Soweto?
“Fufi, why are you doing this to me?! Why, Fufi?! Why?!”
Who is Trevor Noah?
The first fast food restaurant to make it to the hood in Alex.
What is KFC?
This character took her children to multiple churches every Sunday.
Who is Patricia?
Trevor's father had to close his steak house in Johannesburg because the government was requiring him to have too many of these.
What is a toilet?
What is McDonalds?
"I hope you enjoyed your week of being the pretty one, ’cause the queen is back, baby. You spent four hours at the salon to look like that. I just took a shower.”
Who is Patricia Noah?
Trevor and Teddy were stealing these from a corner shop in the mall right before they caught.
What is alcohol filled chocolates?
This character was known to be charming, a troublemaker, and had big teeth like Bugs Bunny according to Trevor's mom.
Who is Teddy?
Trevor had a hard time at Maryvale, a Catholic school, because he was always challenging rules, and they were in his words "ruthlessly - "
What is authoritarian?
The tree where Trevor was attacked by the other boys in his neighborhood because he did not act like other colored boys his age.
What is the mulberry tree?
“Right! So where were we? Here, I’ve got all your favorites. Potato rösti. A bottle of Sprite. Custard with caramel.”
Who is Robert Noah
Patricia was not wanted by either her mother or father, and she was eventually sent off to live with her aunt in the homelands because she was this in her family.
What is the second girl?
This character was always looking for a way to make more money, and was the reason Trevor went to the matric dance with Babiki.
Who is Tom?
Abel and Patricia traveled to Abel's homeland after they had Andrew to meet his family, but they soon started arguing because Patricia was an independent woman, and Abel's homeland was this type of society.
What is Patriarchal?
The place where Trevor impersonated Spliff Star for a community event.
What is Hammanskrall?
“Oh, hi, Trevor. Um, listen, I can’t be your girlfriend anymore. Lorenzo asked me to be his valentine and I can’t have two valentines, so I’m his girlfriend now and not yours.”
Who is Maylene?
Though Trevor had been promised that he could use Abel's BMW the night of the matric dance, he actually pulled up late in this old junker to pick up Babiki.
What is the red Mazda?
This character was one of the few other "anomaly" kids at H.A. Jack Primary school because he was Indian, and he was fascinated that Trevor could speak so many different languages?
Who is Theesan Pillay?
When Trevor, Bogani, and their dance crew were coming back from Soweto after a hard fought dance battle, the cops pulled them over because they falsely suspected them of having this.
What is a gun?
This neighborhood was considered cheese as compared to Alex. It was also the neighborhood Trevor was living in primarily when he was DJing at different parties. The cops called him "rich boy" because Trevor lived in this part of town.
What is Highlands North?
“He had the eyes of the devil. In that moment I could tell my father was gone.”
Who is Andrew?
This curse as described by Trevor's mother is the cycle of impoverished black people spending all of their money to bring others that are impoverished back up to "zero" instead of spending the money on their future.
What is the black tax?