"[BR]OTHER", the powerful photographic work by James Oatway and Alon Skuy, documents more than a decade of xenophobic violence in South Africa.

The spread of xenophobic violence in South Africa has shocked many. Behind the headlines, lives are disrupted, people are killed, and communities are driven apart by fear and intolerance.

In times like these, books have a job to do. Here are titles that deal with the experience of migration and the violence that are worthwhile to read.

A powerful photographic work by James Oatway and Alon Skuy documents more than a decade of xenophobic violence in South Africa.

The book traces the human cost of hatred through arresting images and reflections from voices including Justice Edwin Cameroon, Achile Mbemebe, Justice Malala, and Kokektso Moeti.