New Africa Books is a comprehensive South African publishing company that publishes across the book sector through highly focused imprints. These imprints are David Philip, a publisher of high editorial quality general books which has dominated the prestigious literary awards list since 1971; Spearhead, a publisher of contemporary self-help and alternative lifestyle books; New Africa Education, an education publisher publishing for and beyond the South African national curriculum, and a publisher of high quality illustrated children's books. Through its imprints and publications, New Africa Books seeks to be the definitive gateway and provider of content on Africa to people of the continent and the rest of the world.
We have published extensively in all the main literary categories, and we pride ourselves on the diversity and depth of our publications. Since its inception, the company has remained steadfast on its principle of independence, in fact, it has refused any association that will threaten or undermine this ideal.
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The book is a fascinating account of a surgeon’s odyssey into the spirit world of African healing. It is the story of his initiation as a sangoma and how his life has been changed and enriched by the experience. It includes photographs of the author’s training.
Paperback;
$28.00
$21.00
- Available September 2011
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An interesting selection of battles found to be in some way pertinent, and important in the often misunderstood South African military history.
Paperback;
$31.95
$23.96
- Available September 2011
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Afrikaner Revolutionary
A passionate study of an Afrikaner dissident who was one of the founding fathers of the liberation struggle in South Africa and whose power to provoke an intense response is as apparent today as in the past.
Paperback;
$35.95
$26.96
- Available September 2011
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Place of Heaven
This is a novel set in a time and place that is as authentic as you can get. The character, Gillian is allowed to borrow selectively from the real life experiences. This might have been the history of any white child growing up in colonial Africa. As for the Leopard, she is as real and true as the legend of her kind.
Paperback;
$18.95
$14.21
- Available September 2011
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This is a beautiful rendition of the tragicomedy of the lives of the disadvantaged South African women.
Paperback;
$22.95
$17.21
- Available September 2011
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This is well-told story and an important historical record of the struggle for a democratic South Africa.
Paperback;
$42.95
$32.21
- Available September 2011
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