Born a Crime
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Born a Crime is a bestselling autobiographical book by comedian Trevor Noah that recounts his experiences growing up mixed-race in apartheid and post-apartheid South Africa.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Born a Crime canonical | 1 |
| Born a Crime (memoir) | 1 |
| Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6596658 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Born a Crime Context triple: [Trevor Noah, notableWork, Born a Crime]
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A.
We Were Eight Years in Power
We Were Eight Years in Power is a collection of Ta-Nehisi Coates’s essays reflecting on the Obama presidency, race, and American history, drawn largely from his work in The Atlantic.
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B.
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom is a biographical film depicting the life and struggle of Nelson Mandela, in which Idris Elba portrays the iconic South African leader.
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C.
Between the World and Me
"Between the World and Me" is a critically acclaimed nonfiction book by Ta-Nehisi Coates that reflects on race, identity, and the Black experience in America through a personal letter to his son.
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D.
The Beautiful Struggle
The Beautiful Struggle is Ta-Nehisi Coates’s coming-of-age memoir about growing up in Baltimore amid violence, hip-hop culture, and his father’s Black nationalist ideals.
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E.
Dreams from My Father
Dreams from My Father is Barack Obama’s acclaimed memoir that explores his early life, family history, and search for identity across the United States, Kenya, and Indonesia.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Born a Crime Target entity description: Born a Crime is a bestselling autobiographical book by comedian Trevor Noah that recounts his experiences growing up mixed-race in apartheid and post-apartheid South Africa.
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A.
We Were Eight Years in Power
We Were Eight Years in Power is a collection of Ta-Nehisi Coates’s essays reflecting on the Obama presidency, race, and American history, drawn largely from his work in The Atlantic.
-
B.
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom is a biographical film depicting the life and struggle of Nelson Mandela, in which Idris Elba portrays the iconic South African leader.
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C.
Between the World and Me
"Between the World and Me" is a critically acclaimed nonfiction book by Ta-Nehisi Coates that reflects on race, identity, and the Black experience in America through a personal letter to his son.
-
D.
The Beautiful Struggle
The Beautiful Struggle is Ta-Nehisi Coates’s coming-of-age memoir about growing up in Baltimore amid violence, hip-hop culture, and his father’s Black nationalist ideals.
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E.
Dreams from My Father
Dreams from My Father is Barack Obama’s acclaimed memoir that explores his early life, family history, and search for identity across the United States, Kenya, and Indonesia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
adapted book
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book ⓘ film project ⓘ |
| author | Trevor Noah NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceived | NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work – Biography/Autobiography NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Born a Crime
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Born a Crime NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| bestsellerList | The New York Times Best Seller list NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contains |
personal essays
ⓘ
vignettes from childhood ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| criticalReception | widely positive reviews ⓘ |
| genre |
autobiographical literature
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humor ⓘ non-fiction ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation | Born a Crime film adaptation ⓘ |
| hasAudiobookNarrator | Trevor Noah NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSequelOrRelatedWork | Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood (young readers adaptation) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isbn10 | 0399588175 ⓘ |
| isbn13 | 9780399588174 ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Trevor Noah NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| marketedAs | bestseller ⓘ |
| mediaType |
audiobook
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ebook ⓘ print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| notableFor | depiction of growing up mixed-race under apartheid laws ⓘ |
| notableTheme |
domestic violence
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family relationships ⓘ poverty ⓘ religion ⓘ resilience ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| pageCount | 304 ⓘ |
| placeOfPublication | New York City ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 2016-11-15 ⓘ |
| publisher |
Random House
NERFINISHED
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Spiegel & Grau NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
Johannesburg
NERFINISHED
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South Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subject |
apartheid in South Africa
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mixed-race identity ⓘ post-apartheid South Africa ⓘ race relations ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
early 21st century
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late 20th century ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Born a Crime Description of subject: Born a Crime is a bestselling autobiographical book by comedian Trevor Noah that recounts his experiences growing up mixed-race in apartheid and post-apartheid South Africa.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
this entity surface form:
Born a Crime (memoir)