National Network for Equitable Library Service

Johan comes to Africa to manage a tea plantation. He meets Erina, and his life changes forever.

Albert’s life dream is to immigrate to the U.S.A., to seek greener pastures. After several failed attempts, he finally gets a visa. Then he arrives the U.S.A. hoping for a bright and easy future.

Loss has left Ella Spinner alone to care for her husband, Bart, who suffers from clinical depression. Their days now echo the tides: any progress made, rolls back.

A satirical novel about life in Zimbabwe's second city Bulawayo, with cults and muti murders, and the exploitation of the poor and powerless by the rich and powerful.

Historian, Zara Black, is far from home, trying to come to terms with her family's past.

Undaunted by hardship, a determined widow, Uridiya, arranges a wife of her choice for her western-educated only son.

Images of loneliness, seduction, unfulfilled dreams and torn lives emerge on the pages of this anthology to challenge readers to search for answers for a better life.

A serial killer is on the loose in Windhoek. A police officer follows his intuition to arrest a prime suspect. What if he has it wrong?

Bless Me Father is the true story of an incredible South African life.

Nancy slaps palms with her friends and laughs a lot. She wears bell-bottom pants which swing when she walks through Uhuru Gardens.

Set in the fictional and reluctantly bilingual land of Mimbo in contemporary Africa, this story revolves around the tragedy of the haunting Prospre, a semi-literate Mimbolander who is searching for

Trading Places is about urban land markets in African cities.

The strength of Mandela the Spear and Other Poems lies in Okai's burning desire to celebrate the black experience and culture, through the iconic figures who symbolize those struggles and triu

Love Interrupted is set partially in the university town of Grahamstown and partially in rural Limpopo. The stories in this collection have an intimate feel, like conversations eavesdropped on.

Maybe it was an error for crime reporter Maggie Cloete to ignore the call from the AIDS worker, before someone put four bullets in his chest.