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I Write What I Like: Selected Writings by Steve Biko

I Write What I Like: Selected Writings

Steve Biko

240 pages • first pub 1978 (editions)

nonfiction biography history politics informative reflective slow-paced
Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela by Nelson Mandela

Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela

Nelson Mandela

638 pages • first pub 1994 (editions)

nonfiction autobiography history challenging inspiring reflective slow-paced
Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah

Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood

Trevor Noah

264 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction memoir race emotional funny informative reflective medium-paced
The Conservationist by Nadine Gordimer

The Conservationist

Nadine Gordimer

267 pages • first pub 1974 (editions)

fiction literary challenging reflective slow-paced
It's Trevor Noah: Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood (Adapted for Young Readers) by Trevor Noah

It's Trevor Noah: Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood (Adapted for Young Readers)

Trevor Noah

304 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction memoir middle grade funny informative reflective slow-paced
Contemporary African Plays: Death and the King's;anowa;chattering & the Song;rise & Shine of Comrade;woza Albert!;other War by Percy Mtwa, Mbongeni Ngema, Wole Soyinka

Contemporary African Plays: Death and the King's;anowa;chattering & the Song;rise & Shine of Comrade;woza Albert!;other War

Play Anthologies

Percy Mtwa, Mbongeni Ngema, Wole Soyinka

402 pages • missing pub info (editions)

fiction play reflective medium-paced
Contemporary Plays by African Women: Niqabi Ninja; Bonganyi; Unsettled; Silent Voices; I Want To Fly; Mbuzemi; Not That Woman by Sophia Kwachuh Mempuh, Judith Adong, Yvette Hutchison, Sara Shaarawi, J.C. Niala, Amy Jephta, Tosin Jobi-Tume, Koleka Putuma, Thembelihle Moyo

Contemporary Plays by African Women: Niqabi Ninja; Bonganyi; Unsettled; Silent Voices; I Want To Fly; Mbuzemi; Not That Woman

Sophia Kwachuh Mempuh, Judith Adong, Yvette Hutchison, Sara Shaarawi, J.C. Niala, Amy Jephta, Tosin Jobi-Tume, Koleka Putuma, Thembelihle Moyo

352 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction play challenging medium-paced
Burger's Daughter by Nadine Gordimer

Burger's Daughter

Nadine Gordimer

361 pages • first pub 1979 (editions)

fiction literary race challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Promise by Damon Galgut

The Promise

Damon Galgut

304 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction contemporary historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Beethoven Was One-Sixteenth Black, and Other Stories by Nadine Gordimer

Beethoven Was One-Sixteenth Black, and Other Stories

Nadine Gordimer

4 hours, 59 minutes • first pub 2007 (editions)

fiction short stories reflective slow-paced