Namibia

Books in this genre are set in or about Namibia.

The Purple Violet of Oshaantu
The Eternal Audience of One
The Sheltering Desert
The Last Train to Zona Verde: My Ultimate African Safari
Mama Namibia
Binti (Binti, #1)
I Am Not Your Slave: A Memoir
The Kaiser's Holocaust: Germany's Forgotten Genocide and the Colonial Roots of Nazism
The Old Way: A Story of the First People
The Second Coming of Mavala Shikongo
Born of the Sun: A Namibian Novel
Embassy Wife
Soul of a Lion: One Woman's Quest to Rescue Africa's Wildlife Refugees
Affluence Without Abundance: The Disappearing World of the Bushmen
The Lost World of the Kalahari
Nevada Lowball by Antonio NicassioThings Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeCutting for Stone by Abraham   VergheseThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverHalf of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Fictitious Africa
562 books — 316 voters
Blood River by Tim ButcherChasing the Devil by Tim ButcherSketches from the Periphery by M.P. SummersBorn a Crime by Trevor NoahMy Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite
Great Modern African Reads
92 books — 63 voters

The Beautiful Screaming Of Pigs by Damon GalgutThe Second Coming of Mavala Shikongo by Peter OrnerThe Persistence of Memory by Tony EprileNamibia's Liberation Struggle by Colin LeysThe Eternal Audience of One by Rémy Ngamije
Namibia
18 books — 6 voters

Field Rules by Carla LunaRaiders of the Lost Heart by Jo SeguraAncient Winds by Kristy McCaffreyLizards Hold the Sun by Dani TrujilloTinderbox by Rachel  Grant
Romancing in the Ruins
58 books — 1 voter


Arianna Dagnino
“ The ‘Buffaloes’ were becoming a legend. The Colonel had forged them into a superb fighting machine […] Enough for a young hothead like me to want to be one of them [...] Sam pauses and looks for a moment into the sparkling fire. The scar on his jaw glistens against the dark skin like broken glass [...] You slowly fall prey to a sick frenzy. You develop a lust for blood. You even begin to enjoy killing. ”
― Arianna Dagnino, The Afrikaner

Paul Theroux
“ Many travelers are essentially fantasists. Tourists are timid fantasists, the others - risk takers - are bold fantasists. The tourists at Etosha conjure up a fantastic Africa after their nightly dinner by walking to the fence at the hotel-managed waterhole to stare at the rhinos and lions and eland coming to drink: a glimpse of wild nature with overhead floodlights. They have been bused to the hotel to see it, and it is very beautiful, but it is no effort....My only boast in travel is my effort. ...more ”
― Paul Theroux, The Last Train to Zona Verde: My Ultimate African Safari

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