Reading List for Southern Africa

•  Newman's Birds of Southern Africa - Ken Newman
• Smithers' Mammals of Southern Africa - Ed. Peter Apps
• Signs of the Wild - Clive Walker
• Guide to Common Sea Fishes of Southern Africa - Rudy van de Elst
• Tracks and Signs of Southern and East African Wildlife - Chris and Tilde Stuart
• Africa's Vanishing Wildlife - Chris and Tilde Stuart
• Behavior Guide to African Mammals - Richard Estes 
• Empires of the Monsoon: A History of the Indian
• Ocean and its Invaders - Richard Hall
• Africa Explored: Europeans in the Dark Continent - Hibbert
• The Scramble for Africa - Thomas Pakenham
• Rhodes, The Race for Africa - Anthony Thomas
• Birds of Prey of Southern, Central, and East Africa - David Allan 
• The Wildlife of Southern Africa, A Field Guide - Vincent Caruthers
• The Kingdon Field Guide to African Mammals - Jonathan Kingdon
• The Living Shores of Southern Africa - Margo and George Branch
• Field Guide to the Mammals of Southern Africa - Chris and Tilde Stuart 
• Field Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of Southern Africa - Bill Brach
• Short History of Africa - Oliver and Fage
• UNESCO General History of Africa
• Livingstone - Tim Jeal 
• Africa - Biography of a Continent - John Reader 
• The Long Walk to Freedom - Nelson Mandela

 For the more technologically advanced, outstanding electronic field guides for mobile devices (all major platforms) are available from mydigitalearth.com, featuring images, text, sounds, and video of all southern Africa's mammal and bird species. For mammals we recommend the "e-Guide to Mammals of Southern Africa"; for birds, we recommend "Sasol eBirds".