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Trevor Noah: Soweto to late-night US TV stardom

Today comedian Trevor Noah attracts millions of viewers to his late-night TV programme, The Daily Show, based in New York City. It's a long way from the poor South African township he grew up in, where his black mother fought the racial laws of apartheid by having him with a white father.

Clips of Comedy Central's "The Daily Show with Trevor Noah" used with permission by Comedy Central.
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