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2006-08-14 00:58:57 · 12 answers · asked by confused 4 in Travel ➔ Africa & Middle East ➔ South Africa
I'm gonna have to side with Diesel on this one. R.L.Peteni was a genius. I'm not sure if you know, but I studied Xhosa at the University of Stellenbosch. One of our prescribed books was indeed "Kwazidenge" or as Diesel said "Hill of Fools". It was a short book, but took me a long time to get through it, because I had to look up almost every third or second word. Great book! I can't remember the storyline very well, but it was a kind of love story between a boy and a girl from different backgrounds and different tribes. Correct me if I'm wrong.
Kwazidenge can teach us South Africans so much about how to respect different opinions and different cultures. It is really a book that all South Africans should have. The English version of course. It teaches us how to forgive and how futile and worthless war is. Especially when fought between people whom have so much in common.
"A Long Walk To Freedom" is a close second on my list of books that all South Africans should have. I think this book is so moving and inspiring. And it explained a whole lot of history, not found anywhere. I've learned a lot about Mandela through this book and respect him even more now. It is as if he was chosen by some higher force to do the things he did. If you follow the book closely and carefully analyze his childhood, you'll know exactly what I mean.
Porgie
2006-08-14 02:19:49 · answer #1 · answered by Porgie 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Spud by John van de Riut
It's a new book and it's very adrian mole but it's a laugh a minute. Would make a great gift for any south african because I think just about anyone can realte to this book.
It's really great.
2006-08-16 06:03:01 · answer #2 · answered by agliotti 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Disgrace" by Coetzee.
A great book, which won , Britain's Brooker Prize
"Disgrace is Coetzee's first book to deal explicitly with post-apartheid South Africa, and the picture it paints is a cheerless one that will comfort no one, no matter what race, nationality or viewpoint. (...) There is something fundamentally cryptic and unsummarizable about Disgrace, but I read it as an almost metaphysical journey from this Romantic variety of love to the harsher, leaner strain David eventually learns from life on and around Lucy's farm." -
2006-08-17 02:00:47 · answer #3 · answered by nonconformiststraightguy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not South African, but married to one and I really enjoyed reading "Shaka Zulu" and of course "Jock of the Bushveld"!
2006-08-14 21:40:01 · answer #4 · answered by Tigger 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I like the novel Shades, by Marguerite Poland.
2006-08-15 07:19:14 · answer #5 · answered by Michelle 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not a frequent novel reader, however, a novel known as HILL OF FOOLS written by R L Peteni took me by storm. I really loved it.
2006-08-14 01:27:43 · answer #6 · answered by Diezel 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's not really a book, it's a play we read in Grade 11 Drama...District Six. I thouroughly enjoyed it.
2006-08-14 06:16:31 · answer #7 · answered by Raven 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Long Walk to Freedom. Im sure this is many favourites!!
2006-08-14 20:26:14 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Long walk to freedom.
2006-08-14 19:17:58 · answer #9 · answered by Hector 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Scramble for Africa.
2006-08-16 09:15:22 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋