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If you loved Midlands by Jonny Steinberg, this shelf of 24 books shares the same pull — rooted in Republic of South Africa, African, South, and Criminology.

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Africa’s Lost Leader South Africa’s Continental Role Since Apartheid — James Hamill

Africa’s Lost Leader South Africa’s Continental Role Since Apartheid

Themes: Republic of South Africa • African • South

A Perfect Storm Antisemitism in South Africa, 1930-1948 — Milton Shain

A Perfect Storm Antisemitism in South Africa, 1930-1948

Themes: Republic of South Africa • African • South

Morning in South Africa — John Campbell

Morning in South Africa

Themes: Republic of South Africa • African • South

Long Walk to Freedom — Nelson Mandela

Long Walk to Freedom

Themes: Republic of South Africa • African • South

White Man, We Want to Talk to You — Denis Herbstein

White Man, We Want to Talk to You

Denis Herbstein

Themes: Republic of South Africa • African • South

Move Your Shadow South Africa, Black and White — Joseph Lelyveld

Move Your Shadow South Africa, Black and White

Joseph Lelyveld

Themes: Republic of South Africa • African • South

Africa, Another Side of the Coin Northern Rhodesia’s Final Years and Zambia’s Nationhood — Andrew Sardanis

Africa, Another Side of the Coin Northern Rhodesia’s Final Years and Zambia’s Nationhood

Andrew Sardanis

Themes: Republic of South Africa • African • South

Living Under Apartheid Aspects of Urbanization and Social Change in South Africa — David M. Smith

Living Under Apartheid Aspects of Urbanization and Social Change in South Africa

Themes: Republic of South Africa • African • South

The Cambridge Companion to Nelson Mandela — Rita Barnard

The Cambridge Companion to Nelson Mandela

Themes: Republic of South Africa • African • South

Long Walk to Freedom The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela — Nelson Mandela

Long Walk to Freedom The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela

Themes: Republic of South Africa • African • South

Crossing the Line A Year in the Land of Apartheid — William Finnegan

Crossing the Line A Year in the Land of Apartheid

William Finnegan

Themes: Republic of South Africa • African • South

South African Dispatches Letters to My Countrymen — Donald Woods

South African Dispatches Letters to My Countrymen

Themes: Republic of South Africa • African • South

Gandhi Before India — Ramachandra Guha

Gandhi Before India

Ramachandra Guha

Themes: Republic of South Africa • African • South

The Apartheid Handbook — Roger Omond

The Apartheid Handbook

Themes: Republic of South Africa • African • South

The Wedding Feast War The Final Tragedy of the Xhosa People — Keith Smith

The Wedding Feast War The Final Tragedy of the Xhosa People

Themes: Republic of South Africa • African • South

Operation Vula — Conny Braam

Themes: Republic of South Africa • African • South

South Africa An Historical Introduction — Freda Troup

South Africa An Historical Introduction

Themes: Republic of South Africa • African • South

Mandela, Mobutu, and Me A Newswoman’s African Journey — Lynne Duke

Mandela, Mobutu, and Me A Newswoman’s African Journey

Themes: Republic of South Africa • African • South

Knowing Mandela — John Carlin

Knowing Mandela

Themes: Republic of South Africa • African • South

Great Soul Mahatma Gandhi and His Struggle with India — Joseph Lelyveld

Great Soul Mahatma Gandhi and His Struggle with India

Joseph Lelyveld

Themes: Republic of South Africa • African • South

South Africa’s Rule of Violence — Patrick Duncan

South Africa’s Rule of Violence

Themes: Republic of South Africa • African • South

Politics at a Distance from the State Radical and African Perspectives — Kirk Helliker

Politics at a Distance from the State Radical and African Perspectives

Themes: Republic of South Africa • African • South

The Inheritors An Intimate Portrait of South Africa’s Racial Reckoning — Eve Fairbanks

The Inheritors An Intimate Portrait of South Africa’s Racial Reckoning

Themes: Republic of South Africa • African • South

The Uncoiling Python South African Storytellers and Resistance — Harold Scheub

The Uncoiling Python South African Storytellers and Resistance

Themes: Republic of South Africa • African • South

If Midlands by Jonny Steinberg is on your shelf, these 24 titles belong there too. Connected by Republic of South Africa, African, South and selected for literary and thematic overlap. Featuring work by James Hamill, Milton Shain, John Campbell, Nelson Mandela, and others.

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