Barbara Boswell’s novel tells the gripping love story of a middle-aged black woman in modern-day South Africa
Nickolaus Bauer’s book on Johannesburg shows both its wonders and its scabrous underbelly
Powerful, evocative and thought-provoking essays transport us to unexpected places
The new Abba biography gets me thinking about the band’s role in an angry young man’s life
The Nigerian Mafia: Johannesburg is as short and sharp as the stabbing blade that the protagonist keeps on his person for protection
If the history of war is your thing, this book will blow you out of the water
Percival Everett’s new novel James is a thoughtful, intelligent retelling of an old tale.
Open the pages and you’re gone, transported to the writer’s exact state of mind
Debut novel set in Nigeria’s ‘Venice of Africa’ rises above the old coming-of-age trope
Alastair McAlpine’s autobiography tracks how he came to work with terminally ill children