Anthology of new poetry in Xhosa. 109pp, SOUTH AFRICA. REALITIES.

Waiting for the land to spring to life again after a terrible flood in the Valley of a Thousand Hills, Lindi and her grandmother try to earn a living doing beadwork. Life is hard, but then a dove, like Noah's, brings hope and special good fortune for Lindi and her loving Gogo. Set in South Africa. IN ISIXHOSA. 32pp, SOUTH AFRICA. SONGOLOLO BOOKS.

Handa puts seven different delicious fruits in a basket to take to her friend Akeyo as a surprise. But Handa's walk takes her past a variety of animals, and the fruits do look very inviting. IN ISIXHOSA. 30pp, SOUTH AFRICA. GIRAFFE BOOKS.

First Xhosa edition of TO MY CHILDREN'S CHILDREN, translated by the author. An autobiography of the author's eventful first 23 years, written as a letter from South Africa in the 1940s and 1950s to her grandchildren, the generation now growing up in the hope of a new country. IN XHOSA. 255pp, SOUTH AFRICA. DAVID PHILIP.

A translation by the author of his novel HILL OF FOOLS. Text in Xhosa. 128pp, SOUTH AFRICA. DAVID PHILIP/NEW AFRICA BOOKS, 0908396376

A young Xhosa miner becomes a hero after saving three workmates from a collapsed mine. Illustrated picture book which can be used as a simple reader for beginners in the language. Text in English and Xhosa. 39pp, SOUTH AFRICA. ITHEMBA PUBLISHING.

First in the planned revitalization of the African Treasury series, texts by South Africa's pioneers of African literature in indigenous languages. This book contains the original poems alongside English translations by Jeff Opland. Apart from what is revealed in these writings, very little is known about her life. She explodes on the scene with her swaggering, urgent, confrontational woman's poetry on 23 October 1920, sends poems to the Umteteli wa Bantu newspaper regularly throughout the three years from 1924 to 1926, withdraws for two years until two final poems appear in December 1928 and January 1929, then disappears into the shrouding silence she first burst from. Nothing more is heard from her, but the poetry she left immediately claims for her the status of one of the greatest literary artists ever to write in Xhosa, an anguished voice of an urban woman confronting male dominance, ineffective leadership, black apathy, white malice and indifference, economic exploitation and a history of nineteenth-century territorial and cultural dispossession. 480pp, SOUTH AFRICA. WITWATERSRAND UNIVERSITY PRESS.

How does Ndabayakhe, react after suspecting that he has been infected with the HIV virus? What is the psychosocial impact of HIV and Aids? This novel encourages young people to practice responsible sexual behaviour. IN ISIXHOSA, 168pp, SOUTH AFRICA. TAFELBERG.

Counting from one to ten and growing a pumpkin in South Africa at the same times. IN ISIXHOSA. 32pp, SOUTH AFRICA. GIRAFFE BOOKS.

Points out the dangers of over-extending oneself and the risks involved in financing a home. Designed for newly literates, with illustrations and a word list. IN ISIXHOSA. 32pp, SOUTH AFRICA. KWELA BOOKS.

A day in the life of a young South African boy. Illustrated with colour photographs. IN ISIXHOSA. 28pp, SOUTH AFRICA. GIRAFFE BOOKS.

Zachariah ravels from Botswana to the Cape. IN ISIXHOSA. 32pp, SOUTH AFRICA. KWELA BOOKS.

A collection of Xhosa poetry. Text in Xhosa. 45pp, SOUTH AFRICA. MASKEW MILLER LONGMAN, 0636012786