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One Law, One Nation In celebration of the 15th anniversary of this momentous occasion, the book One Law, One Nation charts the story of the long fight for constitutional rights in South Africa, and the astonishing obstacles and complexity that lay behind the constitution-mak More details
Diesel and Dust Diesel and Dust offers visually stimulating images of Africa offer a multifaceted view of the continent in this recollection that is at once a history, a meditation, a travel memoir, and a tribute. More details
The Last Sushi South Africans calling for our moral compass to be reactivated need look no further than Zapiro’s latest annual, The Last Sushi. More details
Best of Getaway Gallery The Best of Getaway Gallery is a celebration of the photographers who constantly brave hot and cold, rain and shine, early mornings and late nights to capture the unbelievable pictures that are submitted to Getaway magazine every month. More details
Mapping South Africa Mapping South Africa will be welcomed as a landmark in providing the first survey of the fascinating story of maps and mapmaking in the subcontinent. Beginning with the Portuguese voyages of exploration in the late 15th century, the book explores the atte More details
San Rock Art San rock paintings are scattered over the entire area of southern Africa and present us with one of the greatest cultural treasures of humankind. More details
Claudette Schreuders Claudette Schreuders is known for her distinctive carved and painted wooden sculptures. The book includes beautiful reproductions of more than 70 sculptures alongside prints, drawings and pages from the artist’s sketchbooks that provide insight into her r More details
Women: South Africans of Indian Origin Women: South Africans of Indian origin steps into a critical gap in our understanding of our evolution into a society united in its diversity. The changing status of Indian women over the last century and a half has been a remarkable journey of triumph ov More details
Rock Art Made in Translation From the hands of Pippa Skotnes and her team comes a handsome volume on rock art copies made by the great German ethnologist, Leo Frobenius. More details
A Curious World Artist/potter Hylton Nel, who celebrates his 70th birthday in 2011, has developed a distinctive style of work, rich in references to the decorative arts, literature, art history and South African life. More details
Alphabet of Democracy Alphabet of Democracy is an illustrated guide to the absurdities of life in the democratic South Africa. Kannemeyer dissects the issues, events and personalities that confound the country in more than 70 paintings, drawings and prints. More details
Just for Kicks! Following the success of last year’s inaugural collection, Don't Joke: the Year in Cartoons, this year’s anthology of South Africa’s best political cartoons, punctuated by a lively Soccer World Cup section, is even more hilarious. More details
Positions: Contemporary Artists in South Africa Ranging from resistance to education, contemporary artists are increasingly raising opposition to economic pressure, radical social change and rapidly changing identities. How does the local contemporary art scene respond? More details
Do You Know Who I Am?! No year would be complete without Zapiro’s annual collection of cartoons, which have become a reflective summary of political events in the year. More details
Mining The Future: The Bafokeng Story Mining the Future is about a resilient people and their visionary leadership – a remarkable story of how Bafokeng people acquired and held onto their land and heritage through 150 years of political upheaval in South Africa. More details
Pappa in Afrika Pappa in Afrika brings together recent drawings, paintings and comics that tackle colonialism and its ongoing legacy head-on, adopting Hergé’s Tintin as the archetypal figure of the white settler. More details
Soweto Acclaimed home-grown photographer, Jodi Bieber has created an open-ended essay which is a celebration and a portrait of life in Soweto today. More details
Counter Currents The City of Cape Town is heading for disaster and is already in deep crisis if one cares to look close enough. More details
Football Muti Robin Goode's photographic documentation on football seeks to show the inherent purity of the beautiful game by capturing, at grassroots level, Africa's relationship with this most popular of sports. More details
South African Art Now South African Art Now covers the years 1968 to 2008 - from the period of the glory days of resistance art right up to the ever changing and compelling present. More details
Bafana Bafana Bafana Bafana is not only a book about soccer; it is also a book about having dreams and chasing them. It is a book about making your own way in the world no matter what the cost, and it is a book about the people who help us realise our dreams. More details
Thami Mnyele & Medu Art Ensemble Retrospective Jacana is proud to present Thami Mnyele & Medu Art Ensemble Retrospective, a book which brings together the myriad artworks exhibited and the stories of the original members of Medu who created them in a generously illustrated work. More details
An Eloquent Picture Gallery Fritsch’s portraits of southern African people are extraordinary images, bringing to life a whole gallery of both known and unknown figures with astonishing veracity. More details
Unconquerable Spirit George Stow was a Victorian man of many parts - poet, historian, ethnographer and prolific writer. Unconquerable Spirit reveals for the first time the beauty and scope of his labours. More details
Stoep Zen Lao Tsu meets Oom Schalk Lourens in this delightful meditation on what it means to practise Zen in a changing South Africa. More details
Saving the Zululand Wilderness Within a generation, the wilderness of Zululand, with its spectacular array of mammals, birds and plants, came near to extinction. This is the saga of that decline and of the heroic and successful attempt to preserve them. More details
Hunger for Freedom Hardcover Food has provided the backdrop and occasionally the primary cause for momentous personal and political events in the life of Nelson Mandela. More details
Hunger for Freedom Paperback Food has provided the backdrop and occasionally the primary cause for momentous personal and political events in the life of Nelson Mandela. More details
Marlene Dumas The South African-born Marlene Dumas, who now lives in the Netherlands, is one of the best-known younger artists internationally. More details
Bead by Bead By bringing a contemporary slant to a venerable African tradition, Monkeybiz has taken craft art to new levels and won a huge following for its authentic approach. More details
Art & Revolution Professor Diana Wylie’s beautifully written literary biography reveals the struggles inside and around a gentle South African artist, Thami Mnyele, as he remade himself into a revolutionary soldier. More details
Long Ago Way Dutch filmmaker, writer and photographer, Alphons Hustinx, traveled through Southern Africa in 1934. Some 72 years later, photographer-traveller, Obie Oberholzer is given the opportunity to follow in Alphons Hustinx's footsteps. More details
Cool Hunting 'Cool Hunters' are a new breed of trend watchers who travel the virtual world in a constant search for cutting edge designs. More details
In Township Tonight! This book explores that history, taking us from indigenous musical traditions into the world of slave orchestras, penny whistlers, clergyman-composers, the gumboot dances of the dockers and mineworkers, and the touring minstrelsy and vaudeville acts. More details
Africa Remix Africa Remix features the work of more than 85 artists from 25 countries on the African continent and the Diaspora. More details
Tracking BuBu Tracking BuBu is a compilation of Catja Orford's journal entries and emails written over a 15 month period from Mikongo Conservation Camp, Lopé National Park, Gabon. More details
The Big Bad Bitterkomix Handbook Now available in hardcover! More details
Claim to the Country In the 1870s, facing cultural extinction and the death of their language, several |xam men and women told their stories to two pioneering colonial scholars at the Cape, Wilhelm Bleek and Lucy Lloyd. More details
Memory and Magic (Hardcover) The collection of 82 artworks gives an overview on the works of eleven artists of the !Xun and Khwe community which has been collected by Hella Rabbethge-Schiller between 1994 and 2004. More details
Memory and Magic (Paperback) The collection of 82 artworks gives an overview on the works of eleven artists of the !Xun and Khwe community which has been collected by Hella Rabbethge-Schiller between 1994 and 2004. More details
The World in an Orange Barney Simon was the legendary artistic director, writer and co-creator of one of the most important theatres in South Africa and the world – the Market Theatre in Johannesburg. More details