Books on Topic: 'South Africa'

Following the Equator is a travelogue by Mark Twain that chronicles his journey around the world in 1895. The book is a mix of Twain's wry observation...

Jock of the Bushveld tells the true story of Sir Percy Fitzpatrick's adventures with his dog, Jock, during the 1880s in South Africa. Fitzpatrick work...

Notes of a War Correspondent is a collection of dispatches written by Richard Harding Davis, a journalist who covered some of the most important confl...

Outspan is a collection of six short stories by Sir James Percy Fitzpatrick that capture the essence of life as a transport rider in the Transvaal vel...

This November 1896 edition of National Geographic Magazine delves into the geopolitical complexities of South Africa, specifically the Witwatersrand g...

Ronald Mervyn, a young man from Devonshire, is falsely accused of murder and forced to flee to South Africa. There, he becomes entangled in the Kaffir...

Set during the late 19th century Boer Wars, "Cabinet Secret" follows the exploits of a cunning British secret agent operating in South Africa. Amidst...

This collection of seven short stories, written by Thaddeus William Henry Leavitt, offers a glimpse into the harsh realities and thrilling possibiliti...

This book, compiled by Alexander Wilmot, a Cape Town politician and Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, presents a collection of poetry from var...

This collection of South African folk tales, compiled by Sanni Metelerkamp, offers a glimpse into the rich oral tradition of the country's indigenous...

This collection of fairy tales, compiled by Mrs. E. J. Bourhill and Mrs. J. B. Drake, brings together the oral traditions of the Swazi, Ndebele, and Z...

The adventures of Colonel Clay, an illustrious gentleman rogue and fortune hunter, who travels to South Africa to seek his fortune. Along the way, he...

Set in the Zulu Kingdom of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, Nada the Lily tells the story of love and revenge through the eyes of Mopo, a powerful witch-d...

Frederick Cornell's 'Rip van Winkle of the Kalahari' is a collection of seven stories set in the rugged and remote Kalahari Desert of South Africa and...

Mortimer Menpes, an Australian expatriate artist, embarked on a journey to South Africa as a correspondent for the London weekly *Black and White* mag...

Frank G. Carpenter's "Uganda to the Cape" is a captivating travelogue that chronicles his journey across the African continent in the early 20th centu...

This collection of South African folktales offers a diverse array of stories from the rich oral tradition of the region. From the fables of the San pe...