Namibia

Books in this genre are set in or about Namibia.

The Purple Violet of Oshaantu
The Eternal Audience of One
The Sheltering Desert
Mama Namibia
The Last Train to Zona Verde: My Ultimate African Safari
Binti (Binti, #1)
The Old Way: A Story of the First People
I Am Not Your Slave: A Memoir
The Kaiser's Holocaust: Germany's Forgotten Genocide and the Colonial Roots of Nazism
The Second Coming of Mavala Shikongo
Embassy Wife
Born of the Sun: A Namibian Novel
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
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
Things Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverHalf of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieHeart of Darkness by Joseph ConradCry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton
Africa (fiction and nonfiction)
1,789 books — 1,670 voters

The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall SmithDon't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight by Alexandra FullerA Dry White Season by André BrinkThe Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by William KamkwambaWe Need New Names by NoViolet Bulawayo
Southern Africa
265 books — 74 voters
The Last Twilight by Marjorie M. LiuWild Seed by Octavia E. ButlerTimeless by Gail CarrigerSerpent's Kiss by Thea HarrisonEternal Kiss of Darkness by Jeaniene Frost
Paranormal Romance Set in Africa
22 books — 11 voters

Things Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeCutting for Stone by Abraham   VergheseThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverHalf of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieThe No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith
Fictitious Africa
551 books — 270 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
88 books — 56 voters


Arianna Dagnino
Muscles relax, the mind expands. The vastness enters into the skin like a shot. ‘Our’ time dissolves.
Arianna Dagnino, The Afrikaner

Hank Bracker
During World War I, German South-West Africa (now called Namibia) was invaded and administered by South African and British forces. Following the war, its administration was taken over by the Union of South Africa, and the territory was governed under a trusteeship granted in 1920 by the League of Nations. A request made by the Union of South Africa that they be able to incorporate the territory of South-West Africa into their sovereign boundaries was countered by the President-General of The Af ...more
Captain Hank Bracker, "The Exciting Story of Cuba"

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