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Apartheid

    The best books on Nelson Mandela and South Africa, recommended by John Carlin

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    The best books on Nelson Mandela and South Africa - The Washing of the Spears by Donald R Morris

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    The Washing of the Spears
    by Donald R Morris

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    The best books on Nelson Mandela and South Africa - Move Your Shadow by Joseph Lelyveld

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    Move Your Shadow
    by Joseph Lelyveld

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    The best books on Nelson Mandela and South Africa - Age of Iron by JM Coetzee

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    Age of Iron
    by JM Coetzee

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    The best books on Nelson Mandela and South Africa - Mandela by Anthony Sampson

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    Mandela
    by Anthony Sampson

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    The best books on Nelson Mandela and South Africa - After Mandela by Alec Russell

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    After Mandela
    by Alec Russell

The best books on Nelson Mandela and South Africa, recommended by John Carlin

Nelson Mandela was a most unusual and unusually astute leader, says journalist and author of Playing the Enemy, John Carlin. He chooses the best books to understand Nelson Mandela, who used forgiveness as a political tool, and South Africa, the country he brought peacefully out of apartheid.

    The best books on Post-Apartheid Identity, recommended by Kevin Bloom

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    The best books on Post-Apartheid Identity - My Traitor's Heart by Rian Malan

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    My Traitor's Heart
    by Rian Malan

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    The best books on Post-Apartheid Identity - Disgrace by JM Coetzee

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    Disgrace
    by JM Coetzee

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    The best books on Post-Apartheid Identity - Country of My Skull by Antjie Krog

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    Country of My Skull
    by Antjie Krog

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    The best books on Post-Apartheid Identity - Portrait with Keys by Ivan Vladislavic

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    Portrait with Keys
    by Ivan Vladislavic

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    The best books on Post-Apartheid Identity - Notes from the Middle World by Breyten Breytenbach

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    Notes from the Middle World
    by Breyten Breytenbach

The best books on Post-Apartheid Identity, recommended by Kevin Bloom

The award-winning South African writer Kevin Bloom discusses five books that bring light to post-apartheid South Africa with focus on the predicament of the white South African. Do whites ‘deserve’ to feel at home in their country?

    The best books on South Africa, recommended by Alec Russell

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    The best books on South Africa - The Scramble for Africa by Thomas Pakenham

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    The Scramble for Africa
    by Thomas Pakenham

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    The best books on South Africa - Anatomy of a Miracle by Patti Waldmeir

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    Anatomy of a Miracle
    by Patti Waldmeir

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    The best books on South Africa - Playing the Enemy by John Carlin

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    Playing the Enemy
    by John Carlin

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    The best books on South Africa - Thabo Mbeki: The Dream Deferred by Mark Gevisser

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    Thabo Mbeki: The Dream Deferred
    by Mark Gevisser

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    The best books on South Africa - After the Party by Andrew Feinstein

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    After the Party
    by Andrew Feinstein

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    The best books on South Africa - Shades of Difference by Padraig O'Malley

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    Shades of Difference
    by Padraig O'Malley

The best books on South Africa, recommended by Alec Russell

World News Editor at the FT and Pulitzer Prize nominee discusses the struggles and triumphs of South Africa – the colonial scramble, the end of apartheid, Mbeki, Mandela and rugby, ANC corruption and more

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