# Books from South Africa

Hector Pieterson Memorial: Remembering the 1976 Soweto uprising, marked each Youth Day. Writers include Alan Paton, J. M. Coetzee, Nadine Gordimer, Nelson Mandela, Sindiwe Magona and others. Set in or written from South Africa. First published 1948 to 2021.

## Books

- [Cry, the Beloved Country](https://africantales.net/books/cry-the-beloved-country), Alan Paton, South Africa, 1948
- [Waiting for the Barbarians](https://africantales.net/books/waiting-for-the-barbarians), J. M. Coetzee, South Africa, 1980
- [July's People](https://africantales.net/books/july-s-people), Nadine Gordimer, South Africa, 1981
- [Long Walk to Freedom](https://africantales.net/books/long-walk-to-freedom), Nelson Mandela, South Africa, 1994
- [Mother to Mother](https://africantales.net/books/mother-to-mother), Sindiwe Magona, South Africa, 1998
- [Disgrace](https://africantales.net/books/disgrace), J. M. Coetzee, South Africa, 1999
- [Born a Crime](https://africantales.net/books/born-a-crime), Trevor Noah, South Africa, 2016
- [The Promise](https://africantales.net/books/the-promise), Damon Galgut, South Africa, 2021

## See also

- [Southern African literature](https://africantales.net/regions/southern-africa)

Source: https://africantales.net/countries/ZAF