Jacana Media
Jacana Media is an African publisher specialising in a range of different books - fiction, non-fiction, travel, natural history, current affairs, maps, cookbooks, lifestyle, art and educational and custom publishing.
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Book launch and discussion at Wits: Mokgomana: The Life of John Kgoana Nkadimeng 1927-2020 (1 Jul)
Join Jacana Media for the launch of Mokgomana: The Life of John Kgoana Nkadimeng 1927–2020 by Peter Delius and Daniel Sher.
The good, the bad and the very ugly – don’t miss out on this crucial conversation! (20 Jun)
Join expert investigators Paul Holden and Hennie van Vuuren, along with Koketso Moeti, as they delve into the Zondo Commission’s report and findings.
Don’t miss Paul Holden at the launch of Zondo at Your Fingertips at Bertha House in Mowbray (14 Jun)
Jacana Media invites you to join Paul Holden at the launch of Zondo at Your Fingertips: The Definitive Guide to the Zondo Commission.
Don’t miss Khaya Sithole and Paul Holden at the Joburg launch of Zondo at Your Fingertips (6 Jun)
Jacana Media invites you to join Paul Holden at the launch of Zondo at Your Fingertips: The Definitive Guide to the Zondo Commission.
Don’t miss the launch of Dearest MaRiky: A Mother’s Journey through Grief, Trauma and Healing by Louisa Zondo at Love Books (30 May)
Love Books and Jacana Media invite you to the launch of Dearest MaRiky: A Mother’s Journey through Grief, Trauma and Healing by Louisa Zondo.
Dearest MaRiky: A Mother’s Journey through Grief, Trauma and Healing – Louisa Zondo heals through life and death
From the depths of despair to the heights of Mount Everest, Louisa Zondo’s journey through grief is a powerful testament to the human spirit.
Join Morabo Morojele for the launch of his highly anticipated new novel Three Egg Dilemma at Love Books (25 May)
Jacana Media invites you to the Love Books launch of Three Egg Dilemma, the highly anticipated new novel by Morabo Morojele.
Zondo at Your Fingertips: The Definitive Guide to the Zondo Commission by Paul Holden
Zondo at Your Fingertips: The Definitive Guide to the Zondo Commission by Paul Holden is out in May from Jacana Media!
On That Wave of Gulls – the new novel from Vernon RL Head, the bestselling author of The Search for the Rarest Bird in the World
On That Wave of Gulls, the new novel from Vernon RL Head, will be out from Jacana Media at the end of May 2023.
Apartheid’s Black Soldiers: Un-national Wars and Militaries in Southern Africa by Lennart Bolliger – a unique analysis of apartheid military culture
Apartheid’s Black Soldiers: Un-national Wars and Militaries in Southern Africa by Lennart Bolliger is out this month from Jacana Media.
Corruption, impunity and unaccountability from apartheid to state capture – don’t miss a book discussion on The Unaccountables (18 Apr)
Join the co-authors of The Unaccountables: The Powerful Politicians and Corporations who Profit from Impunity, Hennie van Vuuren and Ra’eesa Pather, in a Don’t Shut Up Jacana Conversation.
New book alert! Find out more about Nthikeng Mohlele’s new short story collection A Little Light
A Little Light, the new short story collection from Nthikeng Mohlele, is out this month from Jacana Media!
The Misery Merchants: Life and Death in a Private South African Prison – The only account of the madness at Mangaung Prison
Thabo Bester, ‘The Facebook Rapist’ and prison escapee, will now be charged with murder. Bester, who ran a business from jail, escaped from Mangaung Prison last year, having faked his suicide.
Don’t miss a Jacana Conversation around the new book Apartheid’s Stalingrad: How the Townships of the Eastern Cape Defied the Apartheid War Machine
Did the Eastern Cape resistance mark the beginning of the end of apartheid?
Back by popular demand: Roberts Nests and Eggs of Southern African Birds is available again!
By popular demand, the impressive guide Roberts Nests and Eggs of Southern African Birds is available again from Jacana Media.
The Jacana People’s Online Book Sale is now live – 50% off all books! (27-28 Feb)
The Jacana People’s Online Book Sale is happening now!
The Manifesto Mixtape – listen to the Sound of Jacana, hosted by Charles Leonard
The Sound of Jacana Podcast and Mixtape, hosted by Charles Leonard, is out now!
Join Jacana Media in Centurion or Johannesburg for the launch of The Lost Prince of the ANC (15 and 16 Feb)
Jacana Media invites you to celebrate the launch of The Lost Prince of the ANC: The Life and Times of Jabulani Nobleman ‘Mzala’ Nxumalo by Mandla J Radebe.
Don’t miss the launch of In My Life: Stories From Young Activists in South Africa 2002–2022 at Love Books (23 Feb)
Jacana Media invites you to the launch of In My Life: Stories From Young Activists in South Africa 2002–2022, edited by Shannon Walsh, Claudia Mitchell and Mandla Oliphant.
You can now listen to Undercover with Mandela’s Spies: The Story of The Boy Who Crossed the Square as an audiobook!
Undercover with Mandela’s Spies: The Story of The Boy Who Crossed the Square, the bestselling memoir by Bradley D Steyn and Mark Fine, is out as an audiobook!