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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
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
The Heart of Redness by Zakes Mda

The Heart of Redness

Zakes Mda

277 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)

fiction historical reflective slow-paced
Hunger Eats a Man by Nkosinathi Sithole

Hunger Eats a Man

Nkosinathi Sithole

176 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

fiction dark emotional reflective medium-paced
Jambula Tree and Other Stories: The Caine Prize for African Writing 8th Annual Collection by Monica Arac de Nyeko

Jambula Tree and Other Stories: The Caine Prize for African Writing 8th Annual Collection

The Caine Prize for African Writing #2008

Monica Arac de Nyeko

229 pages • missing pub info (editions)

fiction lgbtqia+ short stories challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Queer Africa: Selected stories by Karen Martin, Alistair Mackay, Makhosazana Xaba

Queer Africa: Selected stories

Karen Martin, Alistair Mackay, Makhosazana Xaba

320 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction lgbtqia+ short stories emotional reflective medium-paced
69 Jerusalem Street by Lindiwe Nkutha

69 Jerusalem Street

Lindiwe Nkutha

148 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction lgbtqia+ short stories emotional reflective medium-paced
AfroSF: Science Fiction by African Writers by Tendai Huchu, Mia Arderne, Cristy Zinn, Ivor W. Hartmann, Efe Tokunbo Okogu, Sally-Ann Murray, Chinelo Onwualu, Mazi Nwonwu, Tade Thompson, Nick Wood, Dave-Brendon de Burgh, Joan De La Haye, Mandisi Nkomo, Clifton Gachagua, Liam Kruger, Ashley Jacobs, Martin Stokes, Rafeeat Aliyu, Sarah Lotz, Uko Bendi Udo, Sally Partridge, Nnedi Okorafor, Biram Mboob

AfroSF: Science Fiction by African Writers

Tendai Huchu, Mia Arderne, Cristy Zinn, Ivor W. Hartmann, Efe Tokunbo Okogu, Sally-Ann Murray, Chinelo Onwualu, Mazi Nwonwu, Tade Thompson, Nick Wood, Dave-Brendon de Burgh, Joan De La Haye, Mandisi Nkomo, Clifton Gachagua, Liam Kruger, Ashley Jacobs, Martin Stokes, Rafeeat Aliyu, Sarah Lotz, Uko Bendi Udo, Sally Partridge, Nnedi Okorafor, Biram Mboob

405 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

fiction science fiction short stories challenging reflective fast-paced
Such a Lonely, Lovely Road by Kagiso Lesego Molope

Such a Lonely, Lovely Road

Kagiso Lesego Molope

200 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction lgbtqia+ emotional slow-paced
The Woman Next Door by Yewande Omotoso

The Woman Next Door

Yewande Omotoso

288 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

fiction contemporary emotional reflective slow-paced