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)
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 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 — 73 voters
Binti by Nnedi OkoraforWho Fears Death by Nnedi OkoraforThe City of Brass by S.A. ChakrabortyAlif the Unseen by G. Willow WilsonA Master of Djinn by P. Djèlí Clark
SF & F Atlas - Africa
57 books — 17 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

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)
1,888 books — 1,769 voters


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"

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

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