Alexander McCall Smith Precious Ramotswe, traditionally built proprietor of the famous No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency, is finally married to Mr J.L.B. Matekoni of Tlokweng Road Speedy Motors, the agency is...

Alexander McCall Smith   Life is never without its problems. Will Precious Ramotswe’s delightfully cunning and profoundly moral methods save the day? Find out in this, the fourth volume in...

Chinua Achebe   More than two million copies of Things Fall Apart have been sold in the United States since it was first published here in 1959. Worldwide, there are...

Chigozie ObiomaA contemporary twist on the Odyssey, An Orchestra of Minorities is narrated by the chi, or spirit of a young poultry farmer named Chinonso. His life is set off...

David MedalieThe widow of a Nationalist Prime Minister comes face to face with old adversaries at a luncheon hosted by the new President. An elderly woman finds that her last...

André BrinkAndre Brink has had a long career as a South African novelist, one that has provided him a forum for voicing his opposition to apartheid. Imaginings of Sand depicts...

Lewis NkosiThe novel tells the story, in the first person, of a young black male ex-student's obsession with a young English woman, Veronica Slater, whom he encounters on the segregated...

Uplifting the Colonial Philistine: Florence Philips and the Making of the Johannesburg Art GalleryJillian CarmanUplifting the Colonial Philistine is a thoroughly researched, fascinating account of the unusual circumstances in which...

Michael Williams   Winner of the 2014 UKLA AwardDeo is a great footballer, a fierce protector of his older brother, Innocent. His brother is easily nervous, easily happy but good...

Prue SmithPrue Smith spent much of her childhood in South Africa but as soon as World War Two ended she moved to England. It was only after apartheid ended that...

Uli von KapffIn a single decade, between 1818 and 1828, Shaka transformed a modest chieftaincy into one of the most powerful kingdoms in southern Africa. His empire, whose heartland lay...

Nadine GordimerSeven stories of South Africa deal with a missing body, a mysterious Rhodesian visitor, a pass law protest, a white geologist and his Black secretary, and a pair of...