While doing a good job of caring for his grandfather's sheep and goat on the grasslands of South Africa, young Malusi dreams of everything from owning his own dog to becoming president one day.

Eight-year-old Wanda is unhappy due to the endless mocking of her hair by the boys at school, but when Makhulu (grandmother) shares her grooming secrets and stories of beautiful women with locks just like Wanda, she realizes her hair is a crown and is something to be proud of.

A young English doctor in 1880s South Africa is haunted by the ghost of a lynching victim who threatens a loved one's life.

After traveling to South Africa for a loveless marriage in 1919, a young Irish woman befriends Ada, the daughter of the housemaid, and must decide what to do when the girl goes missing after being scorned by the community.

Detained in a filthy concentration camp during the second Boer War, 14-year-old Lettie, an Afrikaner settler, works to help her mother and brother survive while forging surprising friendships, dreaming of becoming a writer and remembering her stargazing activities with her soldier grandfather.

Set in the turbulent early 1800s, The King's Assegai is a gripping narrative of a young Zulu warrior's passage through crisis. Together with an army of fellow Zulus, Untuswa flees the harsh rule of the Zulu king, Shaka, to establish a new nation under a new leader, Umzilikazi. Untuswa quickly earns the King's favor and is appointed his chief messenger; emboldened by this honor, he asks the King's permission to marry. The King promises to give Untuswa...

After a fire kills her parents, eleven-year-old Martine must leave England to live with her grandmother on a wildlife game reserve in South Africa, where she befriends a mythical white giraffe.