How is Mathabane responsible for his younger sister, Florah, from the memoir, Kaffir Boy: The True Story of a Black Youth’s Coming of Age in Apartheid South Africa?

Florah is only three when the autobiography begins and shares a cardboard bed under the kitchen table with her five-year-old brother. Mathabane is expected to look after her when their parents are out of the house and to keep her quiet during police raids when his parents hide or flee the house for their safety.