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"Africa suffers the equivalent of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami every month of every year, a deadly tide of disease and hunger that rarely makes the TV news but causes thousands of people to die quietly and out of sight every day. In years to come, future generations will look back and ask: how could our world have known all this and yet done nothing?"


"Our Common Interest"
Report of Commission for Africa

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Population: 1 billion

Average income: US$344 per annum - less than $1 per day!

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Many novels that have been written about life in Africa. They offer a fictionalised view, but can be helpful in depicting some aspects of life on that continent and in the African culture. They do not compare with visiting the continent and living among the people.

Wilbur Smith

Almost all his novels deal with some aspect of life in Africa. The first of his novels "When the Lion Feeds" was written in 1964, and his most recent publication is "Assegai" published early in 2009. In between he has authored 31 other novels.

The books can be grouped in many ways. Two families dominate his novels - the 'Courtney' and 'Ballantyne' families. With them we read the story of the opening up of Africa from the south. While the life of the Courtneys focuses around South Africa. "When the Lion Feeds" is situated chronologically around and beyond the Zulu War. With his later novels we are taken back to pre-history of the Courtney dynasty, and forward to the family dominated by Centaine Courtney (nee de Thiry). The 'Ballantyne' series deal with the country of Zimbabwe, from the opening up of the land to the colonizers to post-independence life and politics. An 'Egyptian' series is a foray into life in the north-east of the continent.

Wilbur Smith has also written eleven 'stand-alone' novels.

For a listing of the books written by Wilbur Smith CLICK HERE

For more information about Wilbur Smith and his novels
His own website: www.wilbursmithbooks.com
Other websites: Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilbur_Smith

Bryce Courtenay

Noted author of three novels of life in South Africa

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Frank Coates

An Australian born writer who spent many years working in Kenya Coates is the author of four novels. His own website is www.footloose.com.au
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