# Southern African classics

Writers include Thomas Mofolo, Alan Paton, Bessie Head and J. M. Coetzee. Set in or written from Botswana, Lesotho and South Africa. First published 1925 to 1980.

## 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

## See also

- [Southern African literature](https://africantales.net/regions/southern-africa)
- [African classics](https://africantales.net/genres/classic)
- [Southern African literary fiction](https://africantales.net/regions/southern-africa/literary-fiction)

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