South African Tribes
This tribe makes up the majority of South Africans.
What is the Zulu tribe?
This neighborhood was where Trevor Noah spent much of his childhood indoors, hiding from hippos and riot police.
What is Soweto?
This is how Patricia Noah outwits her son in the grocery store when he is begging her for a toffee apple.
What is "She pretends that he is not her child"?
Trevor compared himself to this animal because he could quickly adapt to any language or situation.
What is a chameleon?
This is why Maylene’s friends try to set up Trevor and Maylene for Valentine’s Day.
What is "they both looked the same since Maylene is colored and Trevor is mixed"?
This is the best dancer in Trevor’s crew.
This tribe is described as having strong cultural traditions, but they are not the majority of black South Africans.
What is the Xhosa tribe?
Trevor and his family lived here, where Trevor was bullied and pelted with mulberries.
What is Eden Park?
This is how Patricia Noah would spend most of her money.
What is on books and food?
This is the reason that Trevor chose to move to the “B” classes at school.
What is "Most black students were in the 'B' classes"?
This is what Trevor learned about beauty when getting ready for the dance.
What is "That beauty is pain"?
This is what the scrapbook that Robert made for Trevor represents.
What is a father's love and pride for his son?
This is Trevor’s best friend who is “naughty as sh*t” just like Trevor.
Who is Teddy?
These are the two types of schools offered to South Africans during apartheid.
What are Bantu schools and mission schools?
This place was described as “a tiny, dense pocket of a shantytown leftover from the pre-apartheid days.”
What is Alexandra?
This is the type of discipline that Patricia Noah believes in.
What is "tough love?"
At this school, the students represent a microcosm of post-apartheid life.
What is Sandringham?
This is what Trevor discovers about his date to the matric dance.
What is "Trevor discovered that he and Babiki, his date, don’t speak the same language"?
This is Trevor’s friend who is a hustler, always trying to cut a deal or work an angle.
Who is Tom?
After Nelson Mandela’s release, these two groups fought for power, leading to significant unrest.
Who are the ANC and the Inkatha Party?
This was the suburban area of working-class stability Trevor’s family frequented.
What is Highlands North?
This is what Trevor and his mother are known for.
What is "for their ability to run fast"?
This was Trevor Noah’s last offense before leaving Maryvale Catholic School.
What is he ate and drank all of the communion juice and eucharist?
This is what was missing from Patricia's advice to Trevor about how to be a man.
What is "how to talk to girls"?
He comes up with the idea that Trevor should DJ at street parties.
Who is Bongani?
This was the name of the apartheid-created homelands where black South Africans were relocated.
What are the Bantustans?
Trevor’s grandfather chauffeured him in this area, where Trevor felt "white privilege."
What is the Meadowlands?
This is the motto that Trevor Noah's mother lives by.
What is "If God is with me, who can be against me?"
This is the difference between Bantu education and British education.
What is "Bantu education teaches metrics and agriculture; whereas, British education teaches English, literature, and Christianity"?
This is the name of Trevor’s cousin whose name means “The Fixer.”
Who is Mlungisi?