Memoir Literature

Many hundred memoirs have been published in the history of literature of South Africa. Many of them are still in print while others may be available in our antiquarian sections only.

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Back to Angola

This travel report is partly about Paul Morris's experiences as a soldier of the SADF in Angola in 1987 and his travel back to Angola in 2012. Learn More
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’n Affair om te vergeet

’n Affair om te vergeet is nie ’n boek wat beskuldig of oordeel nie, maar ’n opregte poging om uit te vind waarom mense diegene wat hulle liefhet, seermaak. Learn More
26098
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'n Dans met die dood

'n Dans met die dood onthul diep ontstellende insigte in die gemoed van ’n anoreksielyer. Learn More
26091
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Sin, Sushi & Survival

Sin, Sushi & Survival are the gritty, heartbreaking and hilarious memoires of a woman’s astonishing journey. Learn More
26002
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Bandiet out of jail

Bandiet out of Jail is hailed as a classic of South African prison writing. Learn More
23555
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Spanner in the works

Spanner in the works is an unflinchingly frank account of one woman’s resolve to speak truth to power, irrespective of where she discovers it. Learn More
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Jock of the bushveld

Phillida Brooke Simons retells the adventures of bull terrier Jock in the Transvaal bushveld a century ago. Learn More
26913
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Django. The small dog with the big heart

The true story of Django, a small dog with a big heart, in Botswana, Namibia, Zambia, Zimbabwe and South Africa. Learn More
26117
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Short drive to freedom: A personal perspective on the Afrikaans rock rebellion

Short drive to freedom is Koos Kombuis's autobiography and his personal perspective on the rock rebellion of Afrikaans language in South Africa. Learn More
23557
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The Great Agony and Pure Laughter of the Gods

The Great Agony and Pure Laughter of the Gods gives voice to victims of the conflict in the Congo. Learn More
26140
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Portrait with Keys

"Portrait with Keys" is a portrait of life in Johannesburg, South Africa. Learn More
26149
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Valsrivier

Valsrivier is 'n Skerp, kragtige nuwe Suid-Afrikaanse roman wat die rouste seer sonder sentimentaliteit pak. Learn More
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Briefe aus Afrika 1932-1938

Briefe deutscher Siedler aus den ehemaligen Kolonien Deutsch-Südwestafrika und Deutsch-Ostafrika aus der Zeit von 1932 bis 1938. Learn More
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Agent 407: A South African Spy Breaks Her Silence

Agent 407 is a riveting and true South African spy story set in the last years of the apartheid system. Learn More
23533
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From playground to prostitute

From playground to prostitute is based on a true South African story of salvation. Learn More
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I have life: Alison's journey

The triumphant yet true story of a South African woman who refused to become a victim. Learn More
23531
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Mahlangeni: Stories of a game ranger's family

Highly entertaining stories of a ranger's family in Mahlangeni, one of the most remote ranger stations in the Kruger National Park. Learn More
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Huilwater: 30 stories in die langpad

Huilwater is 'n bundel van 30 stories deur Dr. Louis Bothma. Hy vertel van sy kindertyd in die Boesmanland, studentejare, van vriende, loopbaan en interessante karakters wat sy lewenspad gekruis het. Learn More
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Judas goat: Betrayal for the sake of survival

'Judas goat: Betrayal for the sake of survival' takes the reader on a failed operation of the South African Special Forces in Angola and a journey of hardship and suffering. Learn More
23564
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Elephantoms: Tracking the elephant

Part meditation on an elusive animal, part evocation of the power of place, 'Elephantoms: Tracking the elephant' presents an alluring mix of the mysteries of nature and the wonders of childhood. Learn More
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The plains of Camdeboo

Lovingly described in her classic book of the Karoo, The Plains of Camdeboo, Eve Palmer introduces to the quintessential Karoo farm and her home Cranmere. Learn More
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Return to Camdeboo: A century's Karoo foods and flavours

''Return to Camdeboo: A century's Karoo foods and flavours' as well as late Eve Palmer's previous memoir, 'The plains of Camdeboo', is a wonderful and soulful read. Learn More
26191
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Grave murder: The story of the brutal Welkom killing

The report 'Grave murder' tells the story of the gruesome and brutal Welkom (South Africa) killings in April 2011. Learn More
26195
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Khayelitsha: A uMlungu in a township

Non fiction: Khayelitsha. A uMlungu in a Township. A white South African makes himself home in a fully black dwelling area outside Cape Town. Learn More
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