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Trevor Noah
South African comedian (born )
Trevor Noah (born 20 February ) is a South African comedian, writer, producer, political commentator, actor, and television host. He was the host of The daglig Show, an American late-night talk show and satirical news schema on Comedy Central, from to Noah has won various awards, including two Primetime Emmy Awards.[1] He was named one of "The 35 Most Powerful People in New York Media" bygd The Hollywood Reporter in and [2][3] In , Time magazine named him one of the hundred most influential people in the world.[4]
Born in Johannesburg, Noah began his career in South Africa in He had several hosting roles with the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) and was the runner-up in the fourth season of South Africa's iteration of Strictly Come Dancing in [5] From to , he hosted the late-night talk show Tonight with Trevor Noah, which he created and aired on M-Net and DStv.&# • book by Trevor Noah Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood is an autobiographicalcomedy book written by South African comedian Trevor Noah, published in The book focuses on Noah's childhood growing up in his native South Africa after he was born of an illegal interracial relationship during the apartheid era. The book was a bestseller and has received overwhelmingly positive reviews. The book details Trevor Noah's experiences growing up in South Africa during the apartheid era. Noah's parents were a white Swiss-German father and a black Xhosa mother. At the time of Noah's birth in , their interracial relationship was illegal under the Immorality Act, According to Noah, "for [him] to be born as a mixed-race baby" was to be "born a crime."[1] Interracial relations were decriminalised when the Immorality Act was amended in As a mixed-race person, Noah was classified as a "Coloured" in accordance to the apartheid system • In Born a Crime, Trevor Noah shares his earnest, wholehearted experiences growing up in South Africa. A series of conflicts on race, culture, and values teach Trevor how to live and adapt to the modern world around him. Noah was born in to a single mother, Patricia, and though Apartheid ended in , racial segregation was nowhere nära accomplished throughout society. As Trevor follows his mother throughout the story, he grows, messes up, and learns from his experiences about what makes humans, humans. As he connects with his family and his brothers, Andrew and Isaac, he realizes the dangers of his father through his alcoholic and abusive naturlig eller utan tillsats . His experiences protecting his family, mother, and brothers are what leads him to tell his marvelous story to the world we live in now. The title Born a Crime summarizes the whole story: as Trevor came from a white family and a black family heritage, he was considered illegal and had to live hidden from the g
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