Recommended Books & Movies on South Africa

Must Read (In this order is best):

• The Covenant – James Michener (Early History)
• Long Walk to Freedom – Nelson Mandela (The Struggle)
• No Future Without Forgiveness – Desmond Tutu (Beyond The Struggle)
• Beyond The Miracle – Allister Sparks (Beyond The Struggle)

Very Important:

• The Afrikaners – Herman Giliomee
• Cry the Beloved Country – Alan Paton
• Africa: Dispatches From a Fragile Continent – Blaine Harden
• African Friends and Money Matters – David Maranz

Other Good Options (if you have time):

• My Traitor’s Heart – Rian Malan
• Too Late the Phalarope – Alan Paton
• A Dry White Season – André Brink
• Imaginings of Sand – André Brink
• Move Your Shadow – Joseph Lelyveld
• Kaffir Boy – Mark Mathabane
• Miriam’s Song – Mark Mathabane
• Naught For Your Comfort – Trevor Huddleston
• Country of My Skull – Antjie Krog
• The Calling of Katie Makanya – Margaret McCord
• When She Was White – Judith Stone
• Dusklands – J.M. Coetzee
• Life and Times of Michael K – J.M. Coetzee
• In the Heart of the Country – J.M. Coetzee
• Thambo Mbeki and the Battle for the Soul of the ANC – William Gumede
• Mukiwa, A White Boy in Africa – Peter Godwin
• The Church Struggle in South Africa – John W. deGruchy
• Not Without Honor – Tribute to Beyers Naude – Peter Randall
• The Power of One – Bryce Courtenay
• We Are All the Same – Jim Wooten

1. Cry the Beloved Country
2. Cry Freedom (The Steve Biko Story)
3. A Dry White Season
4. Mandela and DeKlerk
5. Yesterday (PBS)
6. In My Country (Based on the book Country of My Skull)
7. Red Dust
8. Tsotsi
9. The Power of One
10. Worlds Apart
11. Invictus