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1989
KAFFIR BOY IN AMERICA
Mark Mathabane
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KAFFIR BOY IN AMERICA

The True Story Of A Black Youths Coming Of Age In Apartheid South Africa

by Mark Mathabane

Scribners · 1986

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Peak rank

#13

Weeks on list

2

Chart History

#1510151989
dashed = off the list

2 weeks on the Hardcover Nonfiction list, peaking at #13

A Black writer describes his childhood in South Africa under apartheid and recounts how Arthur Ashe and Stan Smith helped him leave for America on a tennis scholarship

All Appearances

13NEWAugust 27, 1989wk 1
15NEWSeptember 17, 1989wk 2

Details

ISBN-13
9780684848280
ISBN-10
0684848287
Published
1986
Pages
354
Publisher
Scribners
Categories
Biography & Autobiography

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