South Africa the first well known novels written by a black author in an African language was Solomon Thekiso Plaatje's "Mhudi", written in 1930. During the 1950s, "Drum" magazine became a hotbed of political satire, fiction, and essays, giving a voice to urban black culture. Notable white South African authors include Alan Paton, who published the novel "Cry, the Beloved Country" in 1948. Nadine Gordimer became the first South African to be awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature, in 1991. JM Coetzee won the Nobel Prize for Literature, in 2003. When awarding the prize, the Swedish Academy stated that Coetzee "in innumerable
War Cry (graphic novel) War Cry (graphic novel) War Cry is a hardback graphic novel written by science fiction and fantasy author Jim Butcher and illustrated by Carlos Gomez. Set in the world of Butcher's contemporary fantasy/mystery novel series, "The Dresden Files", "War Cry" takes place in the series' continuity, after the events of the novel "Dead Beat". A secret war is raging between the wizards of The White Council and the vampires of the Red Court. After attacks in Palermo, Sicily and the Congo decimate the ranks of the Wardens, the Council is desperate enough to promote Harry Dresden and place him in