About The Autobiography of Mark Mathabane Kaffire Boy started from leaved from south Africa

The story is set in South Africa from the beginning of the 1900s till the end of 1950.

The story's main conflict is centered around Mathabane's desire to become someone successful and the struggle to do so because of the situation in his home country.

Mathabane's autobiography reaches its climax when he is awarded a scholarship and leaves for the United States.