Chinua Achebe
Things Fall Apart (1958)
Classic African novel exploring colonial disruption of Igbo society.
Nadine Gordimer
Burger's Daughter (1979)
A powerful story about apartheid politics and identity.
Magema M Fuze
Abantu Abamnyama Lapo Bavelangakhona (1922)
One of the earliest works of historical writing in isiZulu.
Zakes Mda
Ways of Dying (1995)
A poetic novel capturing life in South Africa's transition.
Brian Willan
Sol Plaatje: A Life (2019)
A detailed biography of the journalist and political pioneer.
Nelson Mandela
Long Walk to Freedom (1994)
Mandela’s autobiography chronicling the struggle for democracy.
Catherine Higgs
Ghost of Equality (1997)
The public life of D.D.T. Jabavu and the politics of equality.
Tim Couzens
The New African (1985)
Study of the life and work of H.I.E. Dhlomo.