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Kaffir boy

the true story of a Black youth's coming of age in Apartheid South Africa
1987
Recreates the author's boyhood experiences in South Africa.

Long walk to freedom

the autobiography of Nelson Mandela
1994
Autobiography of the South African hero who has dedicated his life to fight against social oppression and apartheid related in text with accompanying photographs.

My traitor's heart

a South African exile returns to face his country, his tribe, and his conscience
1990
Malan's search for the truth, as he seeks answers not in the way black and white South Africans live, but from the way they die at one another's hands.

None to accompany me

1994
Tells of a woman lawyer representing blacks in the struggle to reclaim the land in South Africa.

Mother to mother

1999
A novel based upon the murder of Fulbright scholar Amy Elizabeth Biehl in which the fictitious mother of the killer examines the life and world of her son in the black township of Guguletu, South Africa.

Disgrace

1999
Fifty-two-year-old David Lurie, having lost his job and the respect of his friends and ex-wife after an affair with one of his students, retreats to his daughter's isolated small holding in South Africa where he attempts to relate to her and a society with new racial complexities.

Valley song

1996
A coming-of-age story about a young girl seeking the courage to accept the future while her grandfather searches for the wisdom to let go of the past.

The song of Jacob Zulu

1993
A drama inspired by the true story of the trial and execution of a nineteen-year-old black man who in 1985 set off a bomb in a South African shopping center at Christmastime, killing five people and injuring over fifty.

Nadine Gordimer revisited

1999
Profiles twelve novels written by Nadine Gordimer, focusing on the writer's political views, artistic talents, and religious beliefs.

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