Exceptional books set in Middle and Southern Africa
Middle & Southern Africa
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Our Beautiful Darkness: A Graphic Novel
by Ondjaki, Lyn Miller-Lachmann
Hardcover: Jul 2024
A blackout leads two teens to discover the intimacy and vulnerability that can only be shared in darkness in Our Beautiful Darkness, a fully illustrated YA novella from celebrated Angolan author Ondjaki and illustrator António Jorge Gonç...
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Call and Response: Stories
by Gothataone Moeng
Hardcover: Feb 2023
Paperback: Feb 2024
Richly drawn stories about the lives of ordinary families in contemporary Botswana as they navigate relationships, tradition and caretaking in a rapidly changing world.
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The Promise
by Damon Galgut
Hardcover: Apr 2021
Paperback: Mar 2022
A modern family saga that could only have come from South Africa, written in gorgeous prose by twice Booker Prize-shortlisted author Damon Galgut.
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Walking on Cowrie Shells
by Nana Nkweti
Paperback: Jun 2021
A "boisterous and high-spirited debut" (Kirkus starred review), named one of the Most Anticipated Books for Brittle Paper, The Millions, and The Rumpus, penned by a finalist for the AKO Caine Prize.
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When the Plums Are Ripe
by Patrice Nganang
Hardcover: Aug 2019
Paperback: Aug 2020
The second volume in a magisterial trilogy, the story of Cameroon caught between empires during World War II.
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Recipes for Love and Murder: A Tannie Maria Mystery
by Sally Andrew
Hardcover: Nov 2015
Paperback: Sep 2016
A bright new talent makes her fiction debut with this first entry in a delicious crime set in rural South Africa - a flavorful blend of The #1 Ladies Detective Agency and Goldie Schulz series, full of humor, romance, and recipes and featuring a ...
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Threatened
by Eliot Schrefer
Hardcover: Feb 2014
Paperback: Aug 2015
The story of a boy fleeing his present, a man fleeing his past, and a trio of chimpanzees who are struggling not to flee at all.
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The Afrika Reich
by Guy Saville
Hardcover: Feb 2013
Paperback: Jan 2015
The explosive new thriller of a world that so nearly existed
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The Lion Seeker
by Kenneth Bonert
Hardcover: Oct 2013
Paperback: Sep 2014
A thrilling ride through the life of one fumbling young hero, The Lion Seeker is a glorious reinvention of the classic family and coming-of-age sagas.
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The Fever Tree
by Jennifer McVeigh
Hardcover: Apr 2013
Paperback: Feb 2014
The Fever Tree is a compelling portrait of colonial South Africa, its raw beauty and deprivation alive in equal measure.
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Philida
by André Brink
Paperback: Feb 2013
In Philida, longlisted for the Man Booker Prize, André Brink—"one of South Africa's greatest novelists" (The Telegraph)—gives us his most powerful novel yet; the truly unforgettable story of a female slave, and her fierce determination...
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The Informationist: A Thriller
by Taylor Stevens
Hardcover: Mar 2011
Paperback: Oct 2011
Gripping, ingenious, and impeccably paced, The Informationist marks the arrival or a thrilling new talent.
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