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Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa
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The Boer War by Thomas Pakenham

The Boer War

Thomas Pakenham

659 pages • first pub 1979 (editions)

nonfiction history informative slow-paced
The Afrikaners: Biography of a People by Hermann Giliomee

The Afrikaners: Biography of a People

Hermann Giliomee

720 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

nonfiction history informative slow-paced
The Rise and Fall of Apartheid by D.J. Welsh

The Rise and Fall of Apartheid

D.J. Welsh

647 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

nonfiction history informative reflective medium-paced
Apartheid, 1948-1994 by Saul Dubow

Apartheid, 1948-1994

Saul Dubow

384 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah

Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood

Trevor Noah

8 hours, 44 minutes • first pub 2016 (editions) user-added

nonfiction memoir race emotional funny informative reflective medium-paced
Diamonds, Gold, and War: The British, the Boers, and the Making of South Africa by Martin Meredith

Diamonds, Gold, and War: The British, the Boers, and the Making of South Africa

Martin Meredith

570 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

nonfiction history reflective slow-paced
Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela by Nelson Mandela

Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela

Long Walk to Freedom #1-2

Nelson Mandela

638 pages • first pub 1994 (editions)

nonfiction autobiography history challenging inspiring reflective slow-paced
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