# Southern African literature

Writers include Thomas Mofolo, Alan Paton, Bessie Head, J. M. Coetzee, Nadine Gordimer and others. Set in or written from Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia and South Africa. First published 1925 to 2021.

## Books

- [Chaka](https://africantales.net/books/chaka), Thomas Mofolo, Lesotho, 1925
- [Cry, the Beloved Country](https://africantales.net/books/cry-the-beloved-country), Alan Paton, South Africa, 1948
- [When Rain Clouds Gather](https://africantales.net/books/when-rain-clouds-gather), Bessie Head, Botswana, 1968
- [Maru](https://africantales.net/books/maru), Bessie Head, Botswana, 1971
- [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
- [The Purple Violet of Oshaantu](https://africantales.net/books/the-purple-violet-of-oshaantu), Neshani Andreas, Namibia, 2001
- [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 classics](https://africantales.net/regions/southern-africa/classic)
- [Southern African literary fiction](https://africantales.net/regions/southern-africa/literary-fiction)

Source: https://africantales.net/regions/southern-africa