Kaffir Boy: The True Story of a Black Youth’s Coming of Age in Apartheid South Africa is Mark Mathabane’s 1986 autobiography about life under the South African apartheid regime.
People also ask, where is Mark Mathabane now?
Mathabane now lives in Kernersville, N.C.–between Winston-Salem and Greensboro–with his wife, Gail, a white American writer he met while at Columbia University, their daughter, Bianca, and several of his siblings who were brought to America by Oprah Winfrey.
Consequently, what did the boy realize at the end of the excerpt Kaffir Boy?
By Mark Mathabane
The ending of Kaffir Boy is actually the beginning of Mark’s life in America. As he says goodbye to his family, and to Alexandra, he realizes that although he’s leaving, South Africa will always be with him.
Who is the main character in Kaffir Boy?
The main characters in Kaffir Boy are Mark Mathabane himself, who begins to love tennis and school under the apartheid regime in South Africa and who wins a scholarship to attend college in the United States in the late 1970s.
Why did Mark Mathabane change his name?
Wimbledon tennis star Stan Smith met Mathabane at the South African Championships in Johannesburg in 1976, the same year that he changed his name from Johannes to Mark to hide his identity from the South African government.