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South Africa - A book from/about this country preferably written by a local author
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A Walk in the Night and Other Stories by Alex La Guma

A Walk in the Night and Other Stories

Alex La Guma

129 pages • first pub 1962 (editions)

fiction short stories dark reflective slow-paced
The Down Days by Ilze Hugo

The Down Days

Ilze Hugo

368 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction science fiction dark mysterious fast-paced
Black Widow Society by Angela Makholwa

Black Widow Society

Angela Makholwa

279 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

fiction contemporary dark tense fast-paced
The Race to Be Myself: A Memoir by Caster Semenya

The Race to Be Myself: A Memoir

Caster Semenya

320 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction gender memoir sports informative inspiring medium-paced
Country of My Skull: Guilt, Sorrow, and the Limits of Forgiveness in the New South Africa by Antjie Krog

Country of My Skull: Guilt, Sorrow, and the Limits of Forgiveness in the New South Africa

Antjie Krog

432 pages • first pub 1998 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging reflective sad slow-paced
Long Walk To Freedom by Nelson Mandela

Long Walk To Freedom

Long Walk to Freedom #1

Nelson Mandela

497 pages • first pub 2002 (editions)

nonfiction biography history politics reflective slow-paced
Down Second Avenue: Growing Up in a South African Ghetto by Es'kia Mphahlele, Es'kia Mphahlele

Down Second Avenue: Growing Up in a South African Ghetto

Es'kia Mphahlele, Es'kia Mphahlele

222 pages • first pub 1959 (editions)

nonfiction challenging reflective medium-paced
Native Life in South Africa: Before and Since the European War and the Boer Rebellion by Sol T. Plaatje

Native Life in South Africa: Before and Since the European War and the Boer Rebellion

Sol T. Plaatje

450 pages • first pub 1970 (editions)

nonfiction history politics challenging informative medium-paced
The Seed Is Mine: The Life of Kas Maine, a South African Sharecropper, 1894-1985 by Charles van Onselen

The Seed Is Mine: The Life of Kas Maine, a South African Sharecropper, 1894-1985

Charles van Onselen

672 pages • first pub 1997 (editions)

nonfiction biography reflective medium-paced
A Dry White Season by André Brink

A Dry White Season

André Brink

316 pages • missing pub info (editions)

fiction historical dark medium-paced