Wilbur Addison Smith was a prolific novelist focusing on Africa. Of the 49 novels published before his death, 4 concern the Great War in Africa.
1933 – born 9 January in Kabwe, Zambia (then Northern Rhodesia)
1940s – School in Natal, South Africa
1954 – graduated with degree in Commerce from Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa
1963 – working for Inland Revenue in Salisbury, Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe)
1963 – published first story under the name Stephen Lawrence
1964 – first novel published, When the Lion Feeds
2021 – died 13 November in Cape Town, South Africa
Books on WW1 Africa
Shout at the Devil (1968) also a film (1976) – East Africa, Konigsberg
A Sparrow Falls (1977) – SA 1914 rebellion
The Burning Shore (1987) also a film (1991) – Europe, GSWA, East Africa
Assegai (2009) – East Africa, zeppelin
References
Wilbur Smith
Wikipedia
see also
https://www.southafricabooks.com/authors/wilbur-smith/1968-shout-at-the-devil
https://www.southafricabooks.com/authors/wilbur-smith/1985-the-burning-shore
https://www.southafricabooks.com/authors/wilbur-smith/2009-assegai
Anne Samson - Historian 