Xarra Books - Books, Music & Art

Xarra Books - Books, Music & Art Xarra translates to "diverse people unite". We aim to mainstream the African book!

🎙️ Radio Interview Alert!Join award-winning author Sabata-mpho Mokae live on Motsweding FM (87.9 – 107.9) tomorrow as he...
08/10/2025

🎙️ Radio Interview Alert!
Join award-winning author Sabata-mpho Mokae live on Motsweding FM (87.9 – 107.9) tomorrow as he discusses his celebrated historical novel, Lefatshe ke la Badimo — a moving story inspired by Sol Plaatje’s Native Life in South Africa.

📅 09 October 2025
🕐 Starts at 1:20 PM
🎧 In conversation with Amon Mokoena

Don’t miss this engaging discussion about literature, heritage, and the power of storytelling.


MotswedingFM
Sabata-mpho Mokae
Tuelo Gabonewe
Kays Mguni

🌟 Wishing you joy and fulfilment, Muzi Sikhakhane SC, as you continue to share your voice, vision, and stories with the ...
05/10/2025

🌟 Wishing you joy and fulfilment, Muzi Sikhakhane SC, as you continue to share your voice, vision, and stories with the world.
From Xarra Books

On this Heritage Day, we honour the stories that connect us, the voices that shaped our past, and the words that continu...
24/09/2025

On this Heritage Day, we honour the stories that connect us, the voices that shaped our past, and the words that continue to define our future. 📚

At Xarra Books, we celebrate heritage through literature — preserving, sharing, and passing it on.

28/08/2025

Shortlist announced for prestigious literary award!

Uhuru Portia Phalafala's book on writer and activist Bra Willie, 'Keorapetse Kgositsile and the Black Arts Movement' has been shortlisted for The University of Johannesburg Prize (UJ Prize) for South African Writing for books published in 2024.

The winner of this prestigious literary award will be announced in September. The prize money is R75,000.

The shortlisted books for the award are:
- Keorapetse Kgositsile and the Black Arts Movement by Uhuru Portia Phalafala
- The Comrade’s Wife by Barbara Boswell
- The Lost Love of Akbar Manzil by Shubnum Khan

Phalafala presents with her book a new approach to studying the radicalism of Africa and its diaspora, and makes a major contribution to the histories of Black lives, gender studies, jazz studies, politics, and creativity.
https://www.witspress.co.za/page/detail/Keorapetse-Kgositsile-and-the-Black-Arts-Movement/?K=9781776148929

We’re rooting for Uhuru!

Siphiwo Mahala The Book Lounge Exclusive Books Love Books

26/08/2025

Hemel op Aarde… Heaven on Earth.
But for Rramothibi, life in South Africa was no paradise — only an endless war.

This powerful moment from Lefatshe ke la Badimo by Sabata-mpho Mokae invites us into a story of land, struggle, and belonging.

🎥 Watch the excerpt reading and join us for the book launch:
🗓 27 August 2025 · 🕟 4:30 PM
📍 Humanities Building, Central Campus, Sol Plaatje University

Books will be on sale, and the author will be signing copies at the event.



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