Best South African Music - April 2024

Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The compelling, inspiring, and comically sublime story of one man’s coming-of-age, set during the twilight of apartheid and the tumultuous days of freedom that followedNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY Michiko Kakutani, New York Times • USA Today • San Francisco Chronicle • NPR • Esquire • Newsday • Booklist Trevor Noah’s unlikely path from apartheid South Africa to the desk of The Daily Show began with a criminal act: his birth. Trevor was born to a white Swiss father and a black Xhosa mother at a time when such a union was punishab... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0399588175
• ASIN: 0399588175
• ISBN: 0399588175
• Brand: Spiegel Grau
• Manufacturer: Spiegel & Grau

Giraffes Can't Dance

The bestselling Giraffes Can't Dance is now a board book!Giraffes Can't Dance is a touching tale of Gerald the giraffe, who wants nothing more than to dance. With crooked knees and thin legs, it's harder for a giraffe than you would think. Gerald is finally able to dance to his own tune when he gets some encouraging words from an unlikely friend.With light-footed rhymes and high-stepping illustrations, this tale is gentle inspiration for every child with dreams of greatness.

• ASIN: 0545392551
• UPC: 659213182920
• ASIN: 0545392551
• ISBN: 0545392551
• Brand: Scholastic
• Manufacturer: Cartwheel Books

Invisible Man

• ASIN: 0679732764
• ASIN: 0679732764
• ISBN: 9780679732761
• Brand: Ellison, Ralph
• Manufacturer: Vintage Books

The Help

The #1 New York Times bestselling novel and basis for the Academy Award-winning film—a timeless and universal story about the lines we abide by, and the ones we don’t—nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read.Aibileen is a black maid in 1962 Jackson, Mississippi, who’s always taken orders quietly, but lately she’s unable to hold her bitterness back. Her friend Minny has never held her tongue but now must somehow keep secrets about her employer that leave her speechless. White socialite Skeeter just graduated college. She’s full of ambition... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0425232204
• ASIN: 0425232204
• ISBN: 0425232204
• Brand: Kathryn Stockett
• Manufacturer: Berkley

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

Here is a book as joyous and painful, as mysterious and memorable, as childhood itself. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings captures the longing of lonely children, the brute insult of bigotry, and the wonder of words that can make the world right. Maya Angelou’s debut memoir is a modern American classic beloved worldwide.   Sent by their mother to live with their devout, self-sufficient grandmother in a small Southern town, Maya and her brother, Bailey, endure the ache of abandonment and the prejudice of the local “powhitetrash.” At eight years old and back at her mother’s side in St. Lo... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0345514408
• ASIN: 0345514408
• ISBN: 0345514408
• Brand: Angelou, Maya
• Manufacturer: Ballantine Books

A Lesson Before Dying (Oprah's Book Club)

• ASIN: 0375702709
• ASIN: 0375702709
• ISBN: 9780375702709
• Brand: Vintage Books USA
• Manufacturer: Vintage

Chains (The Seeds of America Trilogy)

If an entire nation could seek its freedom, why not a girl? As the Revolutionary War begins, thirteen-year-old Isabel wages her own fight...for freedom. Promised freedom upon the death of their owner, she and her sister, Ruth, in a cruel twist of fate become the property of a malicious New York City couple, the Locktons, who have no sympathy for the American Revolution and even less for Ruth and Isabel. When Isabel meets Curzon, a slave with ties to the Patriots, he encourages her to spy on her owners, who know details of British plans for invasion. She is reluctant at first, but when the ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1416905863
• ASIN: 1416905863
• ISBN: 1416905863
• Brand: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
• Manufacturer: Atheneum Books for Young Readers

The Autobiography of Gucci Mane

The New York Times bestselling memoir from the legendary Gucci Mane spares no detail in this “cautionary tale that ends in triumph” (GQ). For the first time Gucci Mane tells his extraordinary story in his own words. It is “as wild, unpredictable, and fascinating as the man himself” (Complex). The platinum-selling recording artist began writing his remarkable autobiography in a federal maximum security prison. Released in 2016, he emerged radically transformed. He was sober, smiling, focused, and positive—a far cry from the Gucci Mane of years past. A critically acclaimed classic, The... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1501165348
• ASIN: 1501165348
• ISBN: 1501165348
• Brand: Simon & Schuster
• Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster

Blessed

• ASIN: B000C17RH6
• UPC: 163516638256
• ASIN: B000C17RH6
• Manufacturer: Shanchie Records

The Art & Science of Respect: A Memoir by James Prince

For decades, serial entrepreneur James Prince presided over Rap-A-Lot Records, one of the first and most successful independent rap labels. In his memoir, he explains how he earned his reputation as one of the most respected men in Hip Hop. By staying true to his three principles of heart, loyalty, and commitment, and an unwavering faith in God, he has defeated many adversaries. Whether battling the systemic cycle of poverty, record label executives, boxing promoters, or corrupt DEA agents, Prince has always emerged victorious. Respect isn't given, it's earned. In recounting his compelling lif... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0999837001
• ASIN: 0999837001
• ISBN: 0999837001
• Manufacturer: N-The-Water Publishing

Black Boy: A Record of Childhood and Youth

Richard Wright's powerful and eloquent memoir of his journey from innocence to experience in the Jim Crow South—at once an unashamed confession and a profound indictment, Black Boy is a poignant and disturbing record of social injustice and human suffering. This 75th anniversary edition will have a beautiful new cover and will include a new introduction.When Black Boy exploded onto the literary scene in 1945, it caused a sensation. Orville Prescott of the New York Times wrote that “if enough such books are written, if enough millions of people read them maybe, someday, in the fullness of ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0061130249
• ASIN: 0061130249
• ISBN: 0061130249
• Brand: Harper Perennial
• Manufacturer: Harper Perennial Modern Classics

Coming of Age in Mississippi: The Classic Autobiography of Growing Up Poor and Black in the Rural South

The unforgettable memoir of a woman at the front lines of the civil rights movement—a harrowing account of black life in the rural South and a powerful affirmation of one person’s ability to affect change. “Anne Moody’s autobiography is an eloquent, moving testimonial to her courage.”—Chicago Tribune Born to a poor couple who were tenant farmers on a plantation in Mississippi, Anne Moody lived through some of the most dangerous days of the pre-civil rights era in the South. The week before she began high school came the news of Emmet Till’s lynching. Before then, she had “kno... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0440314887
• ASIN: 0440314887
• ISBN: 0440314887
• Manufacturer: Dell

Go Tell It on the Mountain (Vintage International)

"Mountain," Baldwin said, "is the book I had to write if I was ever going to write anything else." Go Tell It On The Mountain, first published in 1953, is Baldwin's first major work, a novel that has established itself as an American classic. With lyrical precision, psychological directness, resonating symbolic power, and a rage that is at once unrelenting and compassionate, Baldwin chronicles a fourteen-year-old boy's discovery of the terms of his identity as the stepson of the minister of a storefront Pentecostal church in Harlem one Saturday in March of 1935. Baldwin's rendering of his prot... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0345806549
• ASIN: 0345806549
• ISBN: 0345806549
• Manufacturer: Vintage

The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace: A Brilliant Young Man Who Left Newark for the Ivy League

An instant New York Times bestseller, named a best book of the year by The New York Times Book Review, Amazon, and Entertainment Weekly, among others, this celebrated account of a young African-American man who escaped Newark, NJ, to attend Yale, but still faced the dangers of the streets when he returned is, “nuanced and shattering” (People) and “mesmeric” (The New York Times Book Review).When author Jeff Hobbs arrived at Yale University, he became fast friends with the man who would be his college roommate for four years, Robert Peace. Robert’s life was rough from the beginning in ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1476731918
• ASIN: 1476731918
• ISBN: 1476731918
• Brand: Jeff Hobbs
• Manufacturer: Scribner

Abiyoyo

Outcasts become heroes in this picture book adaptation of a South African lullaby and folk story.No one wants to hear the little boy play his ukelele anymore...Clink, clunk, clonk. And no one wants to watch his father make things disappear...Zoop! Zoop! Until the day the fearsome giant Abiyoyo suddenly appears in town, and all the townspeople run for their lives and the lives of their children! Nothing can stop the terrible giant Abiyoyo, nothing, that is, except the enchanting sound of the ukelele and the mysterious power of the magic wand.

• ASIN: 0689718101
• ASIN: 0689718101
• ISBN: 9780689718106
• Brand: Aladdin Paperbacks
• Manufacturer: Aladdin

Live in South Africa (Digi-Pak) (CD)

Live In South Africa (Bonus Dvd) (Spec)

• UPC: 7804704
• Rating: 5.0

Free at Last/South Africa

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• UPC: 167225679

Africa: The Best Of Toto (Gold Series) (CD)

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• UPC: 687213616

Fodor's essential south africa : with the best safari destinations - paperback: 9781640970144

Everything about Africa that stirs the imagination is concentrated in its southernmost country. Lions freely roam vast game reserves such as Kruger National Park; vineyards stretch across the Cape Winelands; and mountains cascade into the

• UPC: 820127524

Born a Crime : Stories from a South African Childhood

9780399588198

• UPC: 672532897
• Rating: 4.535

Born a Crime : Stories from a South African Childhood

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - The compelling, inspiring, and comically sublime story of one man's coming-of-age, set during the twilight of apartheid and the tumultuous days of freedom that followed NAMED ONE OF THE

• UPC: 52611618
• Rating: 4.557

Universal Music Group Slayer - South Of Heaven (Vinyl)

1. "South of Heaven” 4:582. "Silent Scream" 3:073. "Live Undead" 3:504. "Behind the Crooked Cross" 3:155. "Mandatory Suicide" 4:056. "Ghosts of War" 3:537. "Read Between the Lies" 3:208. "Cleanse the Soul" 3:029. "Dissident Aggressor" 2:3510.

• UPC: 34453566

Personnel: Randy Brecker (trumpet, flugelhorn); Maucha Adnet (vocals); David Sanborn (saxophone); David Bargeron (trombone); David Taylor (bass trombone, tuba); Keith Underwood (alto & bass flutes); Lawrence Feldman (bass flute); Bob Mintzer (bass clarinet); Gil Goldstein (accordion, keyboards); Adam Rogers (acoustic & electric guitars); Bakithi Kumalo (bass); Jonathan Joseph (drums); Cafe (percussion); Richard Sussman (programming).Principally recorded at Power Station, New York, New York. Includes liner notes by Randy Brecker.INTO THE SUN won the 1998 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Jazz Performance.This disc showcases Randy Brecker's wide-ranging influences and continuing love affair with Brazilian music. Brecker and arranger Gil Goldstein brought together musicians from NY, Miami, Brazil and South Africa to form a unit which manages to maintain a spontaneous feel within some extremely challenging and modern arrangements. "Grey Area" employs the talents of guitarist Adam Rogers to give the track a hard-edged fusion sound reminiscent of early Brecker Brothers music. "The Hottest Man In Town, a recording made by Brecker's father, when the junior Brecker was only two weeks old, predicting Randy's future as an innovative jazz musican.

INTO THE SUN [RANDY BRECKER]

• UPC: 3441664

For the Records: How African American Consumers and Music Retailers Created Commercial Public Space in the 1960s and 1970s South - eBook

Record selling certainly had its glamorous moments; retailers could regale younger customers with stories of nightlife and even rubbing elbows with famous musicians and celebrities."African-American owned and operated record stores once provided vibrant venues for

• UPC: 682916589

DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA Street Sign South African flag city country road wall gift

Love the city you're in or just your favorite place to visit. This is the perfect gift for a recreation or child's room, even great for a Man Cave! They're the ideal gift for a

• UPC: 195990190
• Color: Durban ZaOther
• Size: 4\" x 18\"4" X 18" Plastic Sign

The Best of South African Traditional Gospel (CD, 2006, Heita! Music) New

• UPC: 391991297694
• Category: CDs
• Price: 10 USD

VILLAGE PEOPLE - Best Of - South African CD FECD022 *NEW*

• UPC: 202661302574
• Category: CDs
• Price: 20 USD

TAVARES - Best Of - South African CD RTBCD2185 *NEW*

• UPC: 192896785487
• Category: CDs
• Price: 14 USD

THOMAS CHAUKE - Best Of - South African CD CDGSP3032 *NEW*

• UPC: 202660503239
• Category: CDs
• Price: 14 USD

THE BEST OF GIGLI UK HMV LP IMPORT South African import JALP 1681

• UPC: 292925241409
• Category: Records
• Price: 17 USD

CHICCO - Best of - South African CD CDRBL189 *NEW*

• UPC: 202645155515
• Category: CDs
• Price: 18 USD

BAYETE - Best Of - South African CD CDRBL330 *NEW*

• UPC: 202644244933
• Category: CDs
• Price: 15 USD

Best Of Mbongeni Ngema South African Issue CD 2001 HTF

• UPC: 372423215999
• Category: CDs
• Price: 25 USD

ALICE COOPER - Best Of - South African CD CDEPC7054 *NEW*

• UPC: 192876042410
• Category: CDs
• Price: 12 USD

20 BEST OF GOSPEL - South African Gospel CD SSL294 *NEW*

• UPC: 202640138087
• Category: CDs
• Price: 12 USD