Yayin da kake shirin yin ziyara a sabuwar ƙasa, abu na farko da za ku iya yi ita ce saya littafi mai shiryarwa akan wurin; Duk da haka, idan kana so ka san game da ruhun wani wurin da kake buƙatar yin karin bayani - a nan ne 10 daga littattafan mafi kyau game da Afirka ta Kudu. Idan basu gamsu da ruhun wurin ba, ba za a sake ba. Idan kun fi son kallon fina-finai, akwai fina-finai masu kyau game da Afirka ta Kudu .
01 na 10
Jock na Bushveld, by Percy Fitzpatrick
'Jock' shine littafi na farko wanda mafi yawan iyayen Ingila da ke Afirka ta Kudu suka karanta wa 'ya'yansu. Ba laifi ba ne cewa shine labarin wani kare - wani jarumi mai tsananin gaske da kuma damuwa. Fitzpatrick shi ne mai hawan motsa jiki, yana safarar kayayyaki a tsakanin tashar jiragen ruwa na Lorenço Marques (yanzu Maputo) da kuma wurare na zinariya na Rand a ƙarshen karni na 19. Kowace mahayi mai hawa yana buƙatar kare da rokie Percy ya samu Jock, tsauraran ɗakin ma'aikata na Staffordshire, wanda aka haifa a cikin abin da ke yanzu Kruger National Park. Akwai abubuwa masu ban sha'awa, tare da baboons, leopards, crocodiles, heroes, da villains. Amma ya kasance daga kudanci wanda ya sanya Jock mai kururuwa wanda ya yi nasara. Percy, wanda ya zama zinari "Rand Lord" da kuma sirima, ya rubuta labarin ga jikokinsa.
02 na 10
Middlepost, by Anthony Sher
Wannan al'adun Renaissance na al'adu, An haifi Sher a Lithuanian stock a Cape Town. Ya kasance a koyaushe zai kasance haske mai haske: tare da kasancewa gidan wasan kwaikwayon mai sauƙi tare da irin Athol Fugard ya yi gudun hijira zuwa Ingila kuma nan da nan ya fara raguwa. Shekaru masu zuwa a madadin wasan kwaikwayon a can, ya shiga kamfanin Royal Shakespeare kuma ba da daɗewa ba ya kira shi ne mafi kyau tun Sir Laurence Olivier. Sa'an nan ya zo da fasaha da kuma karin accolades, sa'an nan kuma litattafan. Yanzu Sir Anthony ne kai da ni. Abin tausayi, mai rikici mai guba a Middlepost wani abu ne na Lithuanian-Africa Don Quixote, wanda ya kafa a lokacin al'adu na kwalara. Tabbatacce ne mafi kyawun sakon sihiri da aka rubuta game da Afirka ta Kudu.
03 na 10
Adidt on Open Open (ciki har da Commando), da Denys Reitz
Wannan wata alama ce ta mutumin da ya fara yaki da Anglo-Boer a matsayin dan kasuwa kuma daga bisani ya zama sanannen lauya, marubuta da memba na majalisar. Wannan shi ne maƙarƙancin yaki da shi, yana mai da hankali ga ƙananan ƙananan al'ummomi, rashin jin dadin yaki inda mutane suka ci takalma kuma suka mutu da sanyi a cikin sirrin da aka yi nasara a matsayin nasara bayan shekaru uku na fadace-fadace. Ba kamar Yakin Ƙasar Amirka ba, inda scars ke kasance a cikin ƙasa. Wannan tarin shi ne mafi kyawun magana.
04 na 10
A Afirka ta Kudu Eden, by James Stevenson-Hamilton
Maƙarƙanci game da Kruger National Park shi ne shugaban shugaba Boer Paul Kruger bai taba tallafawa kiyayewar yanayi ba. Kamar mafi yawan magoya bayansa, shi ne mafarauci wanda ya yi imani da cewa kyauta ce da Allah ya ba shi don cinye dabbobin wasan na Lowveld. Amma mu'ujjizan sun faru, kuma daya daga cikinsu shi ne cewa an sanya wani jami'in soja na Scotland kula da wani bangare mai ban mamaki na wannan malaria-ridden bushveld. Ba tare da Stevenson-Hamilton babu Kruger National Park ba, kuma watakila ba a yi wasa a Afirka ta Kudu ba. Yana da kyakkyawan rubutun tarihin wurin shakatawa da kuma labari mai ban sha'awa.
05 na 10
Mhudi, ta Sol Plaatje
Plaatje yana daya daga cikin masu aikin koyar da ilimi na Afirka ta kudu wadanda ke kallo da kuma kasancewa kamar harshen Ingilishi (kuma ya so ya zama irin wannan), kuma wanda ya kafa ANC. Ya kasance mawallafi na farko na baƙar fata baki daya, daga cikin masu yawa. Mhudi shi ne tarihin tarihi, game da mutanensa a lokacin da Zulu ya sake jinin jini (daga baya ya zama sarki a matsayin wanda ya kafa kasar Matabele a Zimbabwe) Mazilikazi da kuma masu farar hula Voortrekker. Ya fi kawai yana riƙe da wuri a matsayin daya daga cikin manyan tarihin Afirka.
06 na 10
My Traitor Heart, by Riaan Malan
Malan yana aiki a matsayin mai wallafa wallafe-wallafen a LA lokacin da ya sayar da ra'ayinsa na komawa Afirka ta Kudu kafin a fara zaben farko a shekarar 1990, don rubuta tarihin gidansa sananne. Ya dawo kamar dai yadda kasar ta fara tafiya cikin mummunar tashin hankali da rikici. Malar ta tallata a matsayin mai aikata laifuka da kuma mujallolin mujallu ya zo gaba, tare da wasu daga cikin mafi kyau lura game da wannan lokacin a cikin ƙasar da suka gabata. Ba ga masu jin tsoro ba.
07 na 10
A cikin Zuciya na Ƙasar, by JM Coetzee
Ina tsammanin dole ne mu hada da akalla daya lashe kyautar Nobel cikin jerinmu. Kodayake Coetzee ya fi saninsa saboda ayyukansa na kwanan nan kamar Life and Times of Michael K da Gyaguni , wannan aiki na farko (na biyu) ya fi zurfin zurfin shiga cikin duhu na ƙasar fiye da kowane. Wani littafi mai ban mamaki, wannan labari game da wata matashiyar da aka kama a gonar Karoo mai ban sha'awa, tana da nauyi, duhu, da kuma rashin tsoro wanda yake cinyewa. Ba abinci na kiwon lafiya ba.
08 na 10
Ruwa mai Ruwa: Labarin Eugene Marais, na Leon Rousseau
Marais shi ne mafi girma da kuma azabtar da polymaths ta Kudu ta Kudu. Dabbling daidai da opium a matsayin mai jarida jaridar jaridar jarrabawa a farkon Pretoria, bayan mutuwar matarsa a lokacin haihuwar shi ya zama wanda aka lalata kuma ya yi launin duk abin da ya yi. Ya kasance mai kirkiro ne wanda ya fi dacewa a cikin duniya, likitan likita, mai ba da shawara, lauya, jarida, marubuta, kuma mawaki. Amma ya lura da rubuce-rubucensa a kan mazauna mazauni, baboons da kuma tunanin mutum cewa mafi yawan ya sa shi baya. Ƙarshe wani mummunan labari na basira. Litattafan Marais ( Abokai na Baboons , Soul of the White Ant , The Soul of the Ape ) su ne masu daraja.
09 na 10
Mafeking Road, ta hanyar Herman Charles Bosman
Bosman shine littafi na Afirka ta Kudu abin da Mark Twain yake zuwa Arewacin Amirka. Ya kasance mai girma da kuma mafi kyau labarun su ne wadanda game da sauki mutane na wani matashi a cikin abin da yake sa'an nan Western Transvaal (wani abu kamar Oklahoma, ko Tennessee, a cikin bushveld). Mafikeng Road ita ce tarin littattafai guda 21, kamar yadda dan kallo mai suna Oom Schalk Lourens ya rubuta: "'Leopards?' - Oom Schalk Lourens ya ce - "A'a, akwai nau'o'i guda biyu a wannan gefen Limpopo" .... "Idan ka karanta kawai daya daga cikin labarunsa, bari ya zama wannan, 'A cikin Shawarwar Withaak'.
10 na 10
Dogon tafiya zuwa Freedom, Nelson Mandela da Richard Stengel
Wadannan sune shahararren shahararrun gidan yari na Mandela da aka sace su daga gidan Robben Island da abokai da iyali. An sake mayar da su a baya tare da haɗin gwiwa tare da editan mujallar Time Time a Stengel. Ba a bukatar karin bayani fiye da haka ba, banda ba'a ba kawai labari mai girma ba amma babban karatu kuma.