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"Author of Kaffir Boy, Mark Mathabane, Speaks at Schools" (9:58) Dr. Mark Mathabane lectures at high schools and colleges nationwide about his bestseller "Kaffir Boy" and what it was like growing up under under apartheid in South Africa. He escaped apartheid by coming to the U.S. on a tennis scholarship.	Mark Mathabane, author of Kaffir Boy, on suicide attempt at age 10" (6:35) The struggle to survive under the oppressive system of apartheid in South Africa drove Mark Mathabane to contemplate suicide at age 10. He describes his feelings the day his mother found him with a knife in his hands.	"Mark Mathabane, author of Kaffir Boy, on his mother's courage" (9:59) Dr. Mark Mathabane, author of the bestselling autobiography Kaffir Boy, describes his mother's strength and how she helped her children survive hunger, poverty and brutal police raids under apartheid in South Africa. Shows video of Alexandra Township outside Johannesburg.