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Retire and Realign: Purpose Beyond th...
From a humble beginning as a son of employees in white settlers' farms in the central Rift Valley, Dr Francis K. Sang overcame many odds to rise through the ranks of the Kenya Police and become the 4th Kenyan Director of the Criminal Investigation Department. He served in this position for 4 years before he was transferred to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs after the changeover of government in Kenya at the end of 2002.
He was tasked with the establishment of the Nairobi Secretariat to coordinate issues to do with small arms in the region. This he did and later helped transform the secretariat into the Regional Centre for Small Arms (RECSA), a regional inter-governmental body that coordinates activities aimed at controlling and reducing the proliferation of small arms and light weapons in the Eastern Africa, Great Lakes and Horn of Africa region and bordering states.
In this autobiography, he relates his experiences, from the difficult circumstances surrounding his birth and childhood, his struggles to get an education in spite of the many obstacles that he faced and his experiences in the police force, particularly in the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) during the tenure of the 2nd President of Kenya, Daniel Arap Moi.
He also relates his experiences after the NARC Government took over in 2002 and sent most senior security officers in the former government packing, either on retirement or on transfer to other less prestigious positions. He further relates how, through determination, he has been able to achieve his academic dreams which had been deferred earlier in his life owing to financial constraints, culminating in the acquisition of a PhD late in life.
He also speaks about the role his family has played in enabling him to achieve all he has in his life. Reflecting on his long journey that has brought him to the place where he is today, the author also gives a number of insights on his work and life. This autobiography should serve as interesting reading to the general public as well as to persons serving in the disciplined forces, considering that it is the first from amongst persons that have served in the police force and risen through the ranks to the very top.
Wangu Wa Makeri: African Chief by Dr....
Wangū wa Makeri is not an ordinary work. It is a mixture of biography, cultural exposition and Kagombe's own personal account. He adopts an authoritative posture in what is mostly a spirited defence of Wangu wa Makeri, a prominent shaper of Kenyan's history. The value of Kagombe's book is in its details of Giküyü customs. It is a story of inter-linkages of prominent Gīküyü lineages such as Waiyaki, Kenyatta, Wangū. Mücheke and Njindo. He brings up the peculiarities of myths about each of the Agiküyü clans and brings back to life the reputation of Wangū wa Makeri as a chief in colonial times. He brings up rarely known facts about Wangu and a host of many forgotten people. Most important, this book is a how-to instruction manual on Agiküyü customs and a resuscitation of disappearing memories and norms.
Dancing with the Devil: An Autobiogra...
In his deeply personal and intellectually honest autobiography.
Dancing With The Devil Prof. Kiama pulls back the curtain on the formidable complexities of his life and leadership. He introduces the unstated expectation to "dance with the devil" for those who serve in high public office.
Far more than a memoir of academic ascent, this book is a manifesto for public institutional leaders. It is the gripping story of a man who stood his ground to transform a legacy institution into a competitive force for modern society. and a powerful testament that grace is capable of carrying a village boy to the summit and compelling him to leave the world betfer than he found it
Gooka Kijijini: Kitabu Cha 1 na Mhand...
Kwa vile lugha ya Kiswahili ndiyo inayozungumzwa zaidi katika Afrika ya Mashariki na kati, mwandishi aliona ni vyema kitabu chake 'Gooka From Kijiji to Mjini' kitafsiriwe kwa lugha hii ili ujumbe wake uwafikie wengi. "GOOKA Kutoka Kijijini Kuja Mjini: Kitabu 1: "Gooka Kijijini ni toleo la kwanza katika mfululizo wa vitabu vilivyotafsiriwa kutoka kwa kitabu hicho. Kitabu hiki ni muhstasari wa historia ya maisha yangu huko kijijini kati ya mwaka wa 1950 na 1960. Kitabuni kuna visa na matukio katika maisha yangu, hadithi zilizotambiwa watoto vijijini, ngoma zilizochezwa na mawaidha ya usalama barabarani.
Intellectual Chains – The Psych...
Intellectual Chains: The Psychological War on African Intelligence is the companion volume and continuation of Capital Violence: The Economic War on African Dignity. While Capital Violence examines the economic structures and global systems that have constrained Africa’s development, Intellectual Chains explores the psychological and intellectual foundations that continue to shape the continent’s development choices.
Drawing on the work of African scholars such as Valentin-Yves Mudimbe and Paulin Hountondji, Wavinya Makai examines how colonial education, inherited systems of knowledge, and externally validated development frameworks have fostered intellectual dependency long after political independence.
The book argues that Africa’s path to industrialization and economic sovereignty requires more than policy reform and investment. It also requires intellectual sovereignty: the confidence to produce knowledge, define development on African terms, and build institutions rooted in the continent’s own realities, histories, and aspirations.
Written for scholars, students, policymakers, and anyone interested in Africa’s future, Intellectual Chains is a timely contribution to the growing conversation on decolonizing knowledge, strengthening African institutions, and advancing Africa-led development.
Building Beyond You: The House of Tar...
Building Beyond You: The Journey of Business Transition and Legacy is more than a book — it is a call to vision. It tells the remarkable story of Tara Fela-Durotoye and how one woman’s dream of beauty became an enduring movement of empowerment, resilience, and legacy.
This is not just about building a business; it is about building people, shaping culture, and creating institutions that outlive the founder. With honesty and depth, it unveils the art of letting go at the right time, showing that the highest test of leadership is not possession, but transition.
If you are an entrepreneur, a leader, or a dreamer longing to create something that lasts, these pages will guide you to see beyond the now, to the forest waiting within your seed.
Hubert Harrison: Forbidden Genius of ...
"Hubert Harrison: Forbidden Genius of Black Radicalism" is an award-winning biography of the Caribbean-born journalist, activist, and educator Hubert Henry Harrison (1883-1927). Harrison generated an array of visionary solutions to the systemic injustices of his day. After blazing a trail for people of color in the Socialist Party of America, Harrison emerged as the most prominent Black freethinker and free lover of his generation. He practiced armed self-defense and called for an anti-capitalist, anti-imperialist "Colored International" alliance in the face of European colonialism in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. Most spectacularly, Harrison's Liberty League of Negro Americans catalyzed the rise of Marcus Garvey and the largest international organization of Black people in modern history (the Universal Negro Improvement Association).
Because of his fearless radicalism, however, the full scope of Harrison's revolutionary legacy has been erased from popular memory.
Until now.
NOLUTHANDO by Lengwe Samuel
Captive Souls
Melissa and Tim Olupe are not only siblings, but also very close friends. They are the only children of Chief Martin Olupe and Dr. Akani Olupe. Chief Olupe is a highly influential businessman and Governor of Olu State, Eastern Ghana; while his wife is a high flying Ghanaian ambassador to Israel. They are a happy family until death robs them of Tim Olupe, a jovial and a charismatic soul. Their worlds are shattered. Melissa is extremely devastated by Tim's death. She feels as though part of her heart and soul have departed from her. She meets Tom Akaba, the only son of Chief Akaba and Dr Christine Akaba. Since their parents are already business partners and friends, Tom and Melissa have no option but to be friends too. Melissa discovers that Tom's mannerisms, charisma and gaiety perfectly resemble the late Tim's. She begins enjoying Tom's company in order to keep Tim's memory. Later on, she accepts his marriage proposal in honour of her late brother. Their grand wedding ceremony paints Accra City red. Soon after, there's trouble in paradise. Will the families survive the storm?
Never Say Goodbye
When someone deliberately walks out of your life, let them go. However long the separation takes, reunion is inevitable irrespective of circumstances. Adoyo is left an orphan at the age of eleven after her parents die in a gruesome road accident. Fleeing from her cruel aunt, she gets a job as a maidservant in the coastal town of Uzima. She meets Katana Fufu, who convinces her to leave her job and elope with him. He marries her at a tender age.
Katana dumps Adoyo and their infant baby girl Chiriku as he escapes to an undisclosed location. Adoyo’s life makes an astounding turnaround when she unexpectedly meets an old Polish couple at the coastal beach of Perete Island. Twelve years later, she returns to the same Island as a tourist. Katana runs into his daughter Chiriku. Will he recognise her?
Kìthìnji
Kìthìnji is a contemporary Kenyan novella that explores the intersection of mental health, societal expectations, education, marriage, and generational trauma in rural Kenya. The story follows Lina, a university graduate who navigates the collapse of her carefully constructed life as her husband Jeff descends into mental illness, her brother Martin loses his grip on reality, and her daughter Kaarì rejects traditional values. Through interconnected character studies, the novella critiques the failures of the education system, the stigma surrounding mental health, the rigidity of community judgment, and the slow erosion of cultural foundations.
Transgressions in Matatu Culture: Anx...
Only in a matatu can you find flat-broke ex-government ministers, thieves, teachers, madmen, school children and nuns sharing the same space. To understand the matatu is to begin to understand Kenya. Many stories are performed and told within the experience of a matatu ride- but why are they enacted? What are they about and whose perspectives inform the telling? Transgressions in Matatu Culture explores the positioning of different actors in the collective performance of matatu travel experience, identifying discussions that take place in and around these vehicles and linking them to broader discourses on gender, economics, politics and power in Kenyan society and further afield in global popular culture.
Deployed from multiple perspectives, some depicting clear contradictions with the lived experiences of the men (mostly) who crew these matatu, the incessant signification on the vehicles is central to the telling of stories about Nairobi. Taken together, the loud music, catchy slogans, boisterous display, and Sheng-the Kiswahili-based urban dialect that constitutes the predominant register of matatu work-among other aspects, tell us as much about matatu men as they present ideas about Kenya, and specific ways of being in Nairobi.
These men have over time created and purveyed what is arguably one of postcolonial Kenya's most visible, uniquely defined and vibrant subcultural expressions. In their practices, matatu men force even the most passive observers to (re-)examine their own complex relations with them. Trying to apprehend the similarities between matatu men and their compatriots, who are assumed to be unlike them, is one way of trying to comprehend some of the workings of contemporary Kenya and Nairobi is a productive pointer to some of the transgressive processes at play. This book presents a version of the many possible stories about matatu men's resilient occupational subculture, taken as a
Climate Change Education for Sustaina...
Climate Change Education for Sustainable Development is a useful book that shares knowledge, strategies, and practical ways to tackle climate change through education and action. It serves as a guide for teachers, students, policymakers, and communities. The book aims to improve climate literacy, foster resilience, and encourage sustainable solutions.
On a global scale, the book connects with the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), especially Action for Climate Empowerment (ACE). This initiative highlights education, training, and public awareness as key for addressing climate change. It supports the goals of the Paris Agreement, which promotes inclusive and participatory methods for mitigation and adaptation.
At the national level, the book addresses Kenya’s Vision 2030, the Climate Change Act (2016), and the National Climate Change Action Plan (NCCAP). It also reflects the 2010 Constitution of Kenya, which guarantees the right to a clean and healthy environment.
This book represents my personal effort to support Kenya’s sustainable development and climate goals. By connecting with SDG 4 (Quality Education), SDG 13 (Climate Action), and SDG 15 (Life on Land), it links global frameworks to Kenya’s local context. It empowers citizens with the knowledge and skills they need for resilience, adaptation, and sustainable development.
Kokwet: From tradition to modern soci...
The guide examines questions of God, creation, ancestry, memory, morality, and the place of spirituality in human society. It also discusses government, education, culture, leadership, and the challenges facing communities in the modern world.
Above all, this work seeks to provide an intellectual framework through which Kalenjin heritage can be studied, taught, preserved, and developed. It is intended as a teaching resource for cultural education, historical reflection, spiritual inquiry, and constructive engagement in contemporary society.
The purpose of Kipgaa is not merely to remember the past, but to help present a way of knowing who we are, where we came from, and what we can contribute to the world.
The Hidden Rock
In this breathtaking tale, Ochieng MC Okoth invites us into the vibrant and dangerous world of the Kingdom of Ogwato. The story follows Oba, a young man whose life is a beautiful, but a messy tangle of loyalty and love. While he navigates the delicate balance between two very different women, his world is suddenly set on fire by a violent struggle for the throne.
The author does a magnificent job of showing how one man’s quiet life can be swept up into the grand history of a nation. When the noble King Awaje is murdered, the story transforms into a heart-pounding mission of survival. Oba becomes a hero not because he wants to be, but because he must protect the innocent Princess Abiero and the sacred “Hidden Rock”; a powerful symbol of the kingdom’s true soul. This is more than just a story; it is a stunning journey about the heavy price of a crown and the incredible courage found in an ordinary young heart. It is a must-read for anyone who loves a story that is as emotional as it is exciting.
A Shepherd Among Nations: H.E. Archbi...
A Shepherd Among Nations is a compelling chronicle of faith, diplomacy, and servant leadership, documenting the remarkable ministry of Archbishop Hubertus (Bert) van Megen.
The book traces his distinguished service as Apostolic Nuncio to Kenya and South Sudan (2019–2026) and his subsequent appointment as Apostolic Nuncio to the Federal Republic of Germany in 2026.
It highlights his unwavering commitment to peace, justice, pastoral care, and the Holy See’s diplomatic mission, presenting a legacy that transcends national borders and continues to inspire the Church and the international community.
Historia YA Jamii YA Zanzibar Na Nyim...
Laura Fair is Professor of History at Michigan State University in the U.S.A. She lived in Zanzibar for many years doing research for her first book: Pastimes and Politics: Culture, Community and Identity in Post-abolition Urban Zanzibar, 1890-1945. In this book she illustrates how former slaves used the social and cultural tools at their command to demonstrate their freedom from slavery and articulate alternative visions of justice under colonialism. Her current book project is a wide-ranging study of commercial cinema in colonial and post-colonial Tanzania, exploring changes in exhibition, distribution and reception over time.
The African Genius by Basil Davidson
The African Genius presents the ideas, social systems, religions, moral values, arts, and metaphysics of a range of African peoples. Basil Davidson points toward the Africa that might emerge from an ancient civilization that was overlaid and battered by colonialism, then torn apart by the upheaval of colonialism’s dismantlement. Davidson disputes the notion that Africa gained under colonialism by entering the modern world. He sees, instead, an ancient order replaced by modern dysfunction. Davidson’s depiction of the sophisticated “native genius” that has carried Africans through centuries of change is vital to an understanding of modern Africa as well.
Insecurities of Expulsion: Afro-Asian...
She examines Afro-Asian entanglements in what she describes as transcontinental Uganda through the lenses of race, ethnicity, class, caste, religion, gender, and sexuality. Throughout, Hundle argues for stronger attention to knowledge production on global Afro-South Asian connections and the continued dynamics of community, citizenship, and identity on the African Continent as central to envisioning Black African self-determinism, racial reconciliation, and interracial pluralisms during shifting imperial, postcolonial, nationalist, and geopolitical times.
