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Once Upon a White Man - a memoir of War and Peace in Africa    by Graham Atkins
Price: $1.99 USD. 62700 words. Published on December 30, 2009. .

From the terrors of Rhodesia’s 1970’s bush war, to the final disintegration of Zimbabwe under Robert Mugabe, this is a traumatic account of a conflicted young man who experiences his life and homeland being torn asunder. Honest, revealing and deeply emotional. Offers intriguing insights into the dilemma faced by patriotic white Africans trapped in the march of politics and history
Dust on His Soul    by Jason Blacker
Price: $4.99 USD. 136300 words. Published on May 24, 2011. .

Inspired by the life and times of Stephen Biko an apartheid activist arguably as important as Mandela. This novel is a fictional account of such a character. A story of sacrifice, suffering but ultimately redemption. Set in apartheid South Africa during the 1970s and 1980s, the dark days of South Africa's history also bred an incredible thirst for justice. A triumph of the human spirit.
Safari For Sanity    by Phil Gray
Price: $4.99 USD. 35560 words. Published on June 24, 2012. .

An account of the author's travels in Southern Africa, told with whacky humor and unvarnished candor. The story weaves the thrill of the safari experience with poignant vignettes of contemporary African life and a scathing review of one country's despotic regime. The countries: South Africa, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Botswana & Swaziland.
African Expectations: Musings from Where I Stand    by Mafoya Dossoumon
Price: $2.99 USD. 54070 words. Published on July 16, 2012. .

African Expectations is a collection of essays about how political, economic, and socio-cultural issues retard Africa’s development and how the most important factor for this failure is the lack of good leadership. The book offers tentative solutions to some of the most pressing issues of our times based on the author’s worldview and life experiences.
I Can Hear Them Singing Now    by Hilton Hamann
Price: $4.99 USD. 57870 words. Published on March 18, 2013. .

Set in the 1980s at the height of political unrest in South Africa's black townships, this is the riveting story of a policeman, caught between two worlds and forced to make a terrible choice that could have catastrophic consequences. It is a universal story of a man and his family's desperate struggles when they must face a crisis and from which there appears no escape.
Double Rainbow at Full Moon: Surviving the collapse of Zimbabwe    by B.A.K. Sim
Price: $5.99 USD. 107380 words. Published by AgioPublishing on April 16, 2013. .

Bodie and Clyde return to Zimbabwe in 2007, but the good times have departed. The country has the highest inflation in the world; people resort to suitcases and wheelbarrows, just to carry the money. Isolated from the rest of the world, they experience shortages of food, water and electricity, with endless line-ups for gas if any is available. The banking system is collapsing...