South African


Disgrace
Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
Waiting for the Barbarians
Cry, the Beloved Country
Life & Times of Michael K
Long Walk to Freedom
The Promise
July's People
Youth (Scenes from Provincial Life #2)
Elizabeth Costello
Spud (Spud, #1)
Foe
Age of Iron
Coconut
The Master of Petersburg
Onion Tears by Shubnum KhanLiver & onions, Red wine & tears by Thisbe LloydStirring the Pot by Quraisha DawoodChildren of Sugarcane by Joanne JosephOugat by Shana Fife
South African Fiction
74 books — 1 voter
The Bush Clinic by Stella AtriumMoxyland by Lauren BeukesZoo City by Lauren BeukesPreserving Creata by H.  GibsonReclaiming of Duback by H.  Gibson
South African Science Fiction
62 books — 13 voters

My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan BraithwaiteAmericanah by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichiePurple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieSmall Island by Andrea LevyThe Long Song by Andrea Levy
Black International Fiction
79 books — 8 voters


Mokokoma Mokhonoana
Millions of business people are each constantly forced to choose between their desire to not be a bad person and their desire to be a good business person, that is to say, to make as much money as they possibly can by maximizing their revenue while minimizing the cost of producing whatever it is that they sell.
Mokokoma Mokhonoana, The Use and Misuse of Children

Sally Andrew
Cooking vetkoek with curried mince is an art which South African tannies have spent generations getting just right. As I sat there enjoying the food, I was grateful to them all, especially my own mother who taught me me how to do it. There in my kitchen, eating that vetkoek and mince, I had that feeling I'd expect you would have when you go to a church you have faith in. I said I didn't believe in anything, that my faith went out the window, but maybe that wasn't true. I believe in vetkoek with ...more
Sally Andrew, Recipes for Love and Murder

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