Trevor Noah
Author
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Noah's path from apartheid South Africa to the desk of The Daily Show began with a criminal act: his birth. Born to a white Swiss father and a black Xhosa mother, at the time such a union was punishable by five years in prison. As he struggles to find himself in a world where he was never supposed to exist, his mother is determined to save her son from the cycle of poverty, violence, and abuse that would ultimately threaten her own life. With an incisive...
Author
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Description
294 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
The comedian traces his coming of age during the twilight of apartheid in South Africa and the tumultuous days of freedom that followed, offering insight into the farcical aspects of the political and social systems of today's world.
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Description
125 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 27 x 26 cm
Language
English
Description
June, 2017. Comprised of hundreds of actual Trump tweets, the staff of The Daily Show opened The Donald J. Trump Presidential Twitter Library, a 4,000-square-foot museum space dedicated to the 45th president and his Twitter legacy. In the single weekend it was open to the public, the Library pop-up drew 7,500 visitors. Now the entire country can experience the Presidential Twitter Library, with screenshots of the tweets (from 2009 through 2017), accompanied...
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Description
326 pages ; 21 cm
Language
Español
Description
"La impresionante trayectoria de Trevor Noah, desde su infancia en Sudáfrica durante el apartheid hasta el escritorio de The Daily Show, comenzó con un acto criminal: su nacimiento. Trevor nació de un padre suizo blanco y una madre Xhosa negra, en una época de la historia sudafricana en que tal unión era castigada con cinco años de prisión. Como prueba viviente de la indiscreción de sus padres, Trevor permaneció los primeros años de su vida...
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (70 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Trevor Noah, a South African stand-up comic, had his American debut on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno. His comedy is sometimes political, often biting and delivered in an easy style that probes sensitive subject matter without being confrontational. In this live performance, he delivers his original observations about life in the United States.
