Books about South Africa

I can recommend these books about South Africa and videos as a great way of getting to know South Africa before you visit the country. This selection of South African general interest books and travel guide books about South Africa are the ones I feel are worth looking at.

South Africa General Interest & Bestseller Books

Long Walk to Freedom : The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela by Nelson Mandela: Paperback - 625 pages
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VHS Video: Biography - Nelson Mandela: Journey to Freedom (1987) Director: Kevin Burns (III), Jeff Scheftel.
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Anatomy of a Miracle: The End of Apartheid & the Birth of the New South Africa by Patti Waldmeir - Hardcover.
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Mandela : An Illustrated Autobiography [Abridged] by Nelson Mandela. Hardcover - 207 pages
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The Power of One - by Bryce Courtenay
(Paperback - August 1996) The Classic South African Novel
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African Wildlife : A Photographic Safari by Stephen J. Krasemann, Barbara Bach. Hardcover - 160 pages.
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South Africa Travel Guides:

Footprint South Africa Handbook 2001 : The Travel Guide
by Sebastian Ballard
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Southern Africa Revealed : South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, and Mozambique by Elaine Hurford
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South Africa - By Gerald Hoberman.
Hardcover - 146 pages (April 2001)
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Eyewitness Travel Guides: South Africa
Paperback - (October 1, 1999) 408 pages
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Lonely Planet Cape Town (2nd Ed) by Jon Murray.
Paperback - 160 pages.
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Travel Guide Cape Town by Peter Joyce
Paperback.
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Adventuring in Southern Africa: Botswana, Zambia, Namibia, South Africa, Malawi, Lesotho & Swaziland
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Lonely Planet South Africa : Lesotho & Swaziland (4th Ed)
by Jon Murray, Jeff Williams. Paperback - 676 pages (2000)
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