The specially selected e-book’s featured on this page - all with an ‘African’ theme of some sort, come in a variety of reading formats. HTML or JavaScript are available for online reading. Other formats include Kindle (.mobi), Epub, PDF, RTF, LRF (for Sony Reader), Palm Doc (PDB – for palm reading devices), as well as plain text.
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Ebook Price: $1.00 USD. (72000 words)
Non-Fiction by Frederic Hunter
Published: April 6, 2011
eBook Description:
A white girl disappears in the Congo jungle. A Belgian planter escapes his past. An African king bests an award-winning American journalist in a contest of will. Author Frederic Hunter developed these stories from his experience as a State Department official and a journalist in Africa in the 1960s.
Ebook Price: $4.00 USD. (68620 words)
Non-Fiction by Theodore P. Druch
Published: August 25, 2010
eBook Description:
When Ted and Maria arrive at the Tanzanian border with Kenya, they are told that they can't return to their Nairobi home unless they leave East Africa. A weekend turns into a month-long adventure.
The Fire at the Core. Discourses on African Aesthetics, Music, Jurisprudence, Ethno-Politics and; Good Governance
Non-Fiction by Malama Katulwende
Published: April 20, 2011
eBook Description:
Passionate and often controversial: Fictional and Non-Fictional Essays about African Aesthetics, Music, Jurisprudence, Ethno-Politics & Good Governance. The topics of his "Discourses" range from Zambian hip-hop and Zambian music in general to art, fame, eroticism, and - of course - philosophy and African politics.
Daughters are Diamonds: Honour, Shame and; Seclusion - A South African Perspective
Non-Fiction by Shafinaaz Hassim
Published: March 26, 2011
eBook Description:
'Daughters are Diamonds' is a groundbreaking study on the objectification of women in honour-bound, traditionalist societies. The study asks questions about the failures of democracy in protecting minority rights, especially those with regard to women. It looks in particular at the case study of Indian Muslim women in South Africa.
A Journal of a Trip in Southern Africa
Non-Fiction by Eva Walter
Published: March 19, 2011
eBook Description:
A new genre in books: Reality Journal writing. This ebook includes word for word transcription from the author's notes including descriptions and drawings of her trip through Southern Africa. This Journal was merely a collection of memories to share with family until friends started asking for copies.
Redefining Business in the New Africa
Non-Fiction by Lauri Elliott
Published: February 13, 2011
eBook Description:
2001-2010 proved to be a transitional decade for Africa, ushering in a new image and status for the continent. Africa began to show it was truly shaking the shackles of its colonial and chaotic past. Now that the New Africa has arrived, what does that mean? And, what does it mean for business?
Houses in Africa
Non-Fiction by Alma Alexander
Published: February 10, 2011
eBook Description:
When she was 10, Alma Alexander was taken from her quiet, safe corner of old Europe and deposited into an exotic new world. She writes about her 20 years in Africa with the awe and wonder of the child that she was, and the eye for nuance and detail that makes her the great novelist and essayist that she became.
Easy Travels in South Africa
Non-Fiction by André Ferero
Published: November 25, 2009
eBook Description:
The Easy Travels Guidebook is aimed at those independent travelers who want to plan their own trip online and save money in the process. It is written from the perspective of a South African who has traveled extensively throughout the country.
Starting a Stock Portfolio for Africa
Non-Fiction by Hartmut Sieper
Published: July 3, 2010
eBook Description:
This strategy guide lays out considerations for starting an African stock market portfolio, or adding African stocks to an existing portfolio for diversification. The guide includes sections on the investment context in Africa, an overview of the African stock market structure, strategic thought process for building a portfolio, key points to consider, and a list of external resources.
What the Hell Are We Doing Here!
(Across the Sahara to West and Central Africa by Land Rover.)
Non-Fiction by Murray Gough
Published: November 1, 2010
eBook Description:
Three friends confronting middle-age decide to explore the world and the great sweep of people who inhabit it. This is the colourful story of an expedition across the Sahara to West and Central Africa - home to some of the world's most fascinating people and places. For all ebook readers, particularly suitable for iPad and similar. 200 colour photos, links to videos from this and later journeys.
Creating Wealth by Harnessing Opportunities in Africa
Non-Fiction by Lauri Elliott
Published: January 31, 2011
eBook Description:
On overwhelming majority of the Church believes that Africa is a place that needs to be saved from poverty, disease, and conflict. While these are realities, God’s picture is very different. Africa will be a part of God’s blue print to save the world and to transfer wealth into His Kingdom, into your business and wealth, into Africa, and to the world.
Behind The Walled Garden of Apartheid
Non-Fiction by Claire Datnow
Published: April 6, 2011
eBook Description:
Set against the backdrop of the apartheid regime, Behind the Walled Garden of Apartheid, Datnow’s memoir of growing up in South Africa deftly conjures up the era's blatant racism and the rich African landscape. The author vividly recreates her growing up years as white and Jewish at the height of the apartheid regime.
Memoir of an Apartheid Cop
Non-Fiction by Glenn Elsden -- (aka Tia Mysoa)
Published: August 20, 2010
eBook Description:
This memoir reflects the true story of a South African policeman, who served his country during the apartheid era, and also 7 years into democracy. The author spent the last few years of his 24-year long career in the crime-ridden and war torn province of KwaZulu/Natal, where he performed official duties as a forensic ballistic analyst.
Apartheid: It's Also An Individual Reality
Non-Fiction by Mark Howard
Published: March 8, 2011
eBook Description:
In this book Mark Howard takes a very personal look at the political system he grew up in. He links that to later experiences, post apartheid and outside of South Africa, and concludes that an inhumane system associated with a single period and place in history is in fact more than that. Apartheid is as much a personal preference as it is a political system.
Ebook Price: $1.99 USD. (94710 words)
Fiction by Sulette Gardiner
Published: May 13, 2010
eBook Description:
About a South African prostitute during apartheid and beyond. Naive and powerless, she falls prey to the dark underworld of flesh peddling when trying to support her two children amid the storm as the ANC takes control. She suffers heartbreak and illness; trapped into drug addiction, slavery and depression. In 1998 does she find new hope, when the opportunity to travel abroad falls into her lap.
Ebook Price: $4.99 USD. (62700 words)
Non-Fiction by Graham Atkins
Published: December 30, 2009
eBook Description:
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.
Ebook Price: $5.00 USD. (27580 words)
Non-Fiction by Craig Lock
Published: February 16, 2011
eBook Description:
This work is my small contribution to South Africa. Here in exile, I daily think of and cry for my 'beloved country'. Even from this distance, I am happy and extremely optimistic that things will work out for all its inhabitants. I believe one day there will be peace and prosperity for all. October 1993. In THE END OF THE LINE, Craig Lock has created a passionate tale of South Africa.
The African Sun: Collected Poems
Ebook Price: $7.49 USD. (15110 words)
Fiction by Michael Sheridan Stone
Published: May 19, 2010
eBook Description
‘The African Sun’ is an eclectic collection of poems linked by one common element, the author’s abiding love for Africa. He rejoices in adventures with elephants, leopards, lemurs, snakes and elusive birds, protests at the precipitous decline in the quality of life in his former homeland of Zimbabwe (whilst taking some comfort from the enduring tradition of ubuntu).
The Smoke That Thunders
Ebook Price: Free! (108640 words)
Fiction by Nathan Bassett
Published: February 5, 2011
eBook Description
"Africa held the promise of changed hearts and souls. This Africa would offer renewed hope and the possibility of love. It would define their destinies. Yet, at any moment, this Africa could just as surely rob them of hope, love, and destiny. Chad and Peter were to be tested and refined in ways they dare not imagine. Both would be broken – in ways that would render mending, nearly impossible."
A Visitor Calls
Ebook Price: $4.99 USD. (41330 words)
Fiction by Red Willow Publishing
Published: February 22, 2011
eBook Description
Who can resist the allure of the adventure of a lifetime. Against the backdrop of civil and regional wars, massive poverty, civil unrest, and much distrust amongst neighboring nations, one man still manages to discover and then satisfy his thirst for adventure by merely keeping his wits about him and reading from the scripted page.
The Nigerian Fraud Conspiracy: Finding U.S. co-conspirators
Ebook Price: $3.99 USD. (10890 words)
Non-Fiction by Edwin H. Sinclair, Jr.
Published by Magic Lamp Press on February 19, 2011
eBook Description
Investigative journalist Sinclair chronicles two similar Nigerian fraud attempts upon his client – one of which uncovered two companies here in the United States suspected of being complicit in one of the schemes. His report leads to a meeting with the FBI about one of them, and a surprising end to the second attempt, several years later.
