Xa uceba ukutyelela ilizwe elitsha, into yokuqala ongayenzayo ukuthenga incwadi yesikhokelo kwindawo; Nangona kunjalo, ukuba ufuna ngokwenene ukwazi ngomoya wendawo ofuna ukuyenza ngokufunda okungaphezulu - nantsi i-10 yeencwadi ezilungileyo malunga noMzantsi Afrika. Ukuba abanakukuthintana nomoya wendawo, akukho nto ininzi. Ukuba ukhetha ukubukela ama-movie, kukho iifrimu ezintle kakhulu malunga noMzantsi Afrika .
01 ngo-10
Jock waseBushveld, nguPercy Fitzpatrick
'Jock' yincwadi yokuqala yokwenyaniso yokuba abaninzi abazali abakhuluma isiNgesi baseMzantsi Afrika bafundela abantwana babo. Akunakulimaza ukuba ibali yenja-inja enesibindi nesithandekayo. UFitzpatrick wayengumgibeli wezothutho, ukuphazamisa izinto phakathi kwechweba likaLornço Marques (ngoku iMaphuuto) kunye neRandi yegolide efikelela ekupheleni kwekhulu le-19. Bonke abagibeli bezothutho bafuna inja kunye ne-rookie uPercy wafumana u-Jock, umqhubi we-litter wase-Staffordshire, ozalelwa kulokho ngoku i-Kruger National Park. Kwakukho amava ambalwa, kunye neebhokhwe, ingwe, iingwenya, amaqhawe, kunye namaqhinga. Kodwa kwakunokukhaba kwi-kudu eyenza isisithulu sikaJock esasiyihlaziya. UPercy, owaba yigolide "iNkosi yaseRandi" kunye nenkosikazi, wabhala ibali kubazukulwana bakhe.
02 ngo 10
Ukwabelana phakathi, ngu-Anthony Sher
Lo Mntu wobuNtu bokuThuthukiswa kobuNtu, uSher wazalwa ngesiTokisi esiseKapa. Wayesoloko ebengumkhanya oqaqambileyo: ukuba ube nguvulindlela wendlela yokuzonwabisa efana no-Athol Fugard wabuyela eNgilani waza wuleza waqhayisa. Emva kweminyaka emininzi yemiboniso apho, wajoyina i-Royal Shakespeare Inkampani yaye ngokukhawuleza wabhalwa njengeyona nto eyona nto iphuma phambili kuSir Laurence Olivier. Emva koko kwafika ubugcisa bakhe kunye nokugqithisa okukhulu, ngoko ke iincwadi. Ngoku ngu Sir Sir Anthony kuwe. Umntu ongeyena, u-hero-comic anti-hero ku- Middlepost yinto ethile ye-Lithuanian-African Don Quixote, ebekwe ngexesha lekholera yenkcubeko. Ngokuqinisekileyo udidi olugqwesileyo lwezinto zobukumkani ezibhalwa ngoMzantsi Afrika.
03 ngo 10
Adrift kwi-Veld Open (kuquka i-Commando), nguDenys Reitz
Le yintlanzi yindoda eyaqalisa iMfazwe yase-Anglo-Boer njenge-trooper ephantsi kwaye kamva iba ngummeli odumile, umbhali kunye nelungu leKhabhinethi. Le nto i-diari yakhe yemfazwe, ikhupha ithemba elizweni elitsha elincinci, ukuphelelwa yimfazwe apho amadoda adla khona izicathulo aze afe ngenxa yokubanda kwi-saddle njengokuba ukutshatyalaliswa kwaba yinyani emva kweminyaka emithathu yokulwa okunzima. Kwakungeyona into efana neMfazwe YaseMelika, apho izikhonkwane zihlala kwisizwe esahlukileyo. Le ngqokelela yile nkcazelo ebalulekileyo.
04 we-10
I-Eden yaseMzantsi Afrika, nguJames Stevenson-Hamilton
Ubuxoki malunga neKruger National Park kukuba i-Boer nkokheli kaMongameli uPaul Kruger ayizange ixhase ulondolozo lwendalo. Njengabaninzi bamxhasi bakhe, wayengumzingeli owayekholelwa ukuba lilungelo likaThixo lokuphanga imfuyo yemidlalo ye-Lowveld. Kodwa imimangaliso eyenzekayo, kwaye enye yazo yayikuthi igosa lezempi laseScotland elinesibindi labekwa lijongene nenxalenye enkulu yeloluya-malaria. Ngaphandle kweStevenson-Hamilton bekungekho i-Kruger National Park, kwaye mhlawumbi akukho mithombo yezemidlalo eMzantsi Afrika. Yakhe imbali ebhalwe ngokukhawuleza kwimbali yepaki kunye neengongoma ezithandekayo.
05 we-10
UMhudi, nguSol Plaatje
U-Plaatje wayengomnye wabazukulwana abafundiswa ngabomnyama baseMzantsi Afrika abamnyama abajonga kwaye benza njengeziNgesi zintloko (kwaye babefuna ukuphathwa njengolu hlobo), kwaye ngubani owasekela i-ANC. Kwakhona waba ngabokuqala bamabonakude abamnyama bendawo, phakathi kweetalente ezininzi. UMhudi uyiveli yembali, malunga nabantu bakhe ngexesha le-blood-thirsty Zulu chief chief (emva koko ukumkani njengoMsunguli wesizwe saseZimbabwe e-Zimbabwe) uMazilikazi kunye noovulindlela abamhlophe beVoortrekker. Ingaphezu kokugcina indawo yayo njengenye yeengongoma ezinkulu zeAfrika.
06 ngo 10
Intliziyo yamThengisi, nguRiaan Malan
UMalan wayesebenza njengombhali ozimele kwi-LA xa uthengisa imbono yokubuyela eMzantsi Afrika ngaphambi kokuba ukhetho lokuqala lukhulu ngo-1990, ukubhala ibali leentsapho zakhe ezidumileyo. Wabuyela emva nje ngokuba ilizwe lalibonakala likhuphuka kwi-blade ye-revolutionary and violent anarchic. Iitalente zikaMalan njengentatheli yezobugqwetha kunye nombhali weempawu zamaphephancwadi ziza phambili, ngezinye zezinto ezibaluleke kakhulu kwixesha elidlulileyo kwilizwe elidlulileyo. Akunalo yintliziyo ephazamisekileyo.
07 ngo 10
Kwintliziyo Yezwe, nguJM Coetzee
Ndiyicinga ukuba kufuneka sibandakanye ubuncinane umvuzo omnye weNobel kuloluhlu lwethu. Nangona uCoetzee eyaziwa kakhulu ngemisebenzi yakhe yakutshanje njenge -Life and Times kaMichael K kunye nehlazo , lo msebenzi wokuqala (wesibini) uhamba ngokugqithiseleyo kumoya omnyama welizwe kunanoma yimuphi na. Incwadi encomekileyo, le ngxelo yowesifazane osemncinci ogxininiswe kwipulazi yaseLaroo, enobunzima, ebumnyameni, kunye nokuphelelwa yithemba. Akukho ukutya kokondla kwezona zinto.
08 ngo 10
Ukusasa koMnyama: Ibali likaEugene Marais, nguLeon Rousseau
I-Marais yayiyi-polymath ephezulu kunye neyona nto ibandezelekayo eMzantsi Afrika. Ukuxubusha ngendlela efanelekileyo nge-opium njengomhleli wephephandaba elincinci kwiPitoli, emva kokufa komfazi wakhe ekuzalweni kwakhe waba ngumlwelwe kwaye wagqitha konke akwenzileyo. Wayeyindalo yemvelo ukulwa neyona nto ibhetele kwihlabathi, ugqirha ogqirhayo, oommeli, ugqwetha, umbhali, umbhali kunye nomlobi. Kodwa kwakubonwa nguye kunye nemibhalo kwixesha, iimfene kunye neengqondo zabantu ezithandayo. Ekugqibeleni iindaba ezibuhlungu zengqondo. Iincwadi zikaMarais ( Abahlobo Bam Baboons , Umphefumlo we-Ant Ant , uMphefumlo we-Api ) yi-classical ngokwabo.
09 we-10
Road Mafeking, ngoHerman Charles Bosman
UBosman kukubhalwa kweencwadi zaseMzantsi Afrika ukuba uMark Twain ungubani eNyakatho Melika. Wayengummangalisa omkhulu kwaye amabali akhe alungileyo ngalawo malunga nabantu abalula besizwe esincinane kwilo xesha kwakukho iNtshona Transvaal (into efana ne-Oklahoma, okanye iTennessee, kwi-bushveld). UMafikeng Road iqokelele amabali amafutshane amabali ama-21, echazwe yi-Oom Schalk Lourens enobuchule obunothando: "'IiLeopards?' - UOom Schalk uLourens wathi - 'Hayi ewe, kukho iintlobo ezimbini ngaphesheya kweLimpopo' .... "Ukuba ufunde enye ibali lakhe, makabe lona, 'Ngomthunzi weWithaak'.
10 kwi-10
Ukuhamba Okude kwiNkululeko, nguNelson Mandela noRichard Stengel
Lezi zidilesi ezidumileyo zasejele zaseMandela ezigqithiselwe ngokugqithiseleyo kwiRobben Island ezixhaswa ngabahlobo kunye nosapho. Kamva bahlanganiswa kwakhona ngokubambisana ne- Time magazine editor Stengel. Ayikho enye into efuna ukuba yatshoyo, ngaphandle kokuba kungengomxholo omkhulu kodwa ufunde kakhulu.