Andrew Shingange

Trevor Noah's Brother - Andrew Shingange Wiki (Bio, Age, Education, Height, Siblings)

Andrew is known because of his brother, Trevor Noah. They have another sibling called Isaac Shingange. Trevor is well known across Africa as one of the most successful comedians to rise from the motherland.

History

Andrew was born in Johannesburg. At the time of his birth, South Africa was under Apartheid rule. Africans living in the country faced discriminatory regulations, and anyone caught breaking them faced inhumane punishment.

It was not a great time to be African, but it was worse for Andrew's family. His father was Robert Noah, a Swiss national who had relocated to South Africa when the Dutch occupied it. His relationship with Andrew’s mother, Patricia Nombuyiselo, was illegal.

No race was allowed to have intimate relations with the other. Conceiving mixed-race children was criminalized, and so the family lived in constant fear and harassment. They faced constant criticism and attack every day and sometimes their fellow Africans.

Andrew’s childhood challenges were not these attacks and profiling alone. Patricia later married Abel Shingange, who then became the brothers' stepfather. In the beginning, everything was okay, but gradually, his true nature came out.

He was an abusive man who held on to outdated definitions of masculinity. He was often physical, and that harmed the children as they grew up. It affected their mental states and physical wellbeing.

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