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A Man of the People by Chinua Achebe
Brief Summary
From the renowned author of The African Trilogy, a political satire about an unnamed African country navigating a path between violence and corruption
As Minister for Culture, former school teacher M. A. Nanga is a man of the people, as cynical as he is charming, and a roguish opportunist.
When Odili, an idealistic young teacher, visits his former instructor at the ministry, the division between them is vast.
But in the eat-and-let-eat atmosphere, Odili's idealism soon collides with his lusts—and the two men's personal and political tauntings threaten to send their country into chaos. When Odili launches a vicious campaign against his former mentor for the same seat in an election, their mutual animosity drives the country to revolution.
Published, prophetically, just days before Nigeria's first attempted coup in 1966, A Man of the People is an essential part of Achebe’s body of work.
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ISBN:2147483647
Author:Chinua Achebe
Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ng...
With effortless grace, celebrated author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie illuminates a seminal moment in modern African history: Biafra's impassioned struggle to establish an independent republic in southeastern Nigeria during the late 1960s.
We experience this tumultuous decade alongside five unforgettable characters: Ugwu, a thirteen-year-old houseboy who works for Odenigbo, a university professor full of revolutionary zeal; Olanna, the professor’s beautiful young mistress who has abandoned her life in Lagos for a dusty town and her lover’s charm; and Richard, a shy young Englishman infatuated with Olanna’s willful twin sister Kainene.
Half of a Yellow Sun is a tremendously evocative novel of the promise, hope, and disappointment of the Biafran war."
Between Law & Diplomacy by Phili...
‘Between Law and Diplomacy: Chronicles of a Career Diplomat’ is a riveting story about a man who embodies the phrase, All things work together for good to them who love the Lord. It tells the story of an unassuming young man born and raised in a remote village near the mighty Lake Victoria in the then Siaya district who rises through the ranks of the Kenyan Diplomatic career to become a high-ranking diplomat.
The book traces the author’s beginnings in a large, hard-working, polygamous family and how those beginnings eventually forged his character as an assertive and effective diplomat. The story contains many interesting characters beginning with the author’s mother, a born-again Christian whose prayers continue to shape his life long after she is gone.
He talks of his experiences with lawyers, politicians, and diplomats, and how those experiences shaped some of the decisions that he made. The book delves into meetings with some of the famous world leader. It is the story of a nation as seen through the eyes of one who has been involved in its development. Though the book details the part Ambassador Owade played in the development of the nation of Kenya, it is also an allegory of his growth as a person.
My Country First: Michael Kijana Wama...
Michael Wamalwa was born to an aristocratic family in the vear 1944. His enviabe ranks through various schools and colleges was more a reflection of individual brilliance than family resources. But after getting a good education at Chewoyet, Strathmore, Cambridge, and the London School of economics, he enterred the Kenya parliament and stagnated in the back benches for almost twenty years.
It took the return of multi partyism for his skills to become noticeable, and as fate would have it, he found himself as the man of the moment in the prelude to the historic 2002, elections that heralded a new political dispensation.
Fortunately, he jumped the right way, and although he died just a few months after taking office as Kenya's 8th Vice president, his legacy of selflessness lives on.
Sisterhood, Solidarity and Utu-Ubuntu...
The House of Rust by Khadija Abdalla ...
The House of Rust is an enchanting novel about a Hadrami girl in Mombasa. When her fisherman father goes missing, Aisha takes to the sea on a magical boat made of a skeleton to rescue him. She is guided by a talking scholar’s cat (and soon crows, goats, and other animals all have their say, too).
On this journey Aisha meets three terrifying sea monsters. After she survives a final confrontation with Baba wa Papa, the father of all sharks, she rescues her own father, and hopes that life will return to normal. But at home, things only grow stranger.
Khadija Abdalla Bajaber’s debut is a magical realist coming-of-age tale told through the lens of the Swahili and diasporic Hadrami culture in Mombasa, Kenya. Richly descriptive and written with an imaginative hand and sharp eye for unusual detail, The House of Rust is a memorable novel by a thrilling new voice.
1000 Kikuyu Proverbs by G Barra
Brief Summary
African love and traditions have over the years been kept alive through oral transmission from generation to generation.In 1000 Kikuyu Proverbs, each proverb is printed in Kikuyu, and then translated directly into English.
In most cases the English equivalents of these Kikuyu proverbs have been given, in bold letters.
This book will make very good readership and acts as an excellent source of material for Oral literature.
ISBN:B0000CKLPE
Author:G Barra
Its Our Turn to Eat by Michela Wrong
It's Our Turn to Eat: The Story of a Kenyan Whistle-Blower.
When Michela Wrong's Kenyan friend John Githongo appeared one morning on the doorstep of her London flat, it was clear something had gone very wrong in a country regarded until then as one of Africa's few budding success stories.
John's tale is the story of how a brave man came to make a lonely decision with huge ramification
Baba Raila Amolo Odinga 72 Hours : Fr...
Sam Okello is an award-winning author. Also writing under the pen name Uncle Sam. He is the CEO of Sahel Publishing Association and a leading ghostwriter. Check out his works at the Nuria Bookstore, in Nairobi, Kenya or www.amazon.com
"One day I will not be there and you will have nobody to defend you. You will cry Raila Raila but I will be long gone." - Raila Amolo Odinga
Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
From the award-winning author of Half of a Yellow Sun, a dazzling new novel: a story of love and race centered around a young man and woman from Nigeria who face difficult choices and challenges in the countries they come to call home.As teenagers in a Lagos secondary school, Ifemelu and Obinze fall in love.
Their Nigeria is under military dictatorship, and people are leaving the country if they can. Ifemelu—beautiful, self-assured—departs for America to study. She suffers defeats and triumphs, finds and loses relationships and friendships, all the while feeling the weight of something she never thought of back home: race. Obinze—the quiet, thoughtful son of a professor—had hoped to join her, but post-9/11 America will not let him in, and he plunges into a dangerous, undocumented life in London.Years later, Obinze is a wealthy man in a newly democratic Nigeria, while Ifemelu has achieved success as a writer of an eye-opening blog about race in America.
But when Ifemelu returns to Nigeria, and she and Obinze reignite their shared passion—for their homeland and for each other—they will face the toughest decisions of their lives.Fearless, gripping, at once darkly funny and tender, spanning three continents and numerous lives, Americanah is a richly told story set in today’s globalized world: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s most powerful and astonishing novel yet.
Where The Snake Drinks First by Dan O...
Kalenjin: the descendant of Ancient E...
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Foreign Aid or Foreign Gain? Africa M...
One of the first actions of Donald Trump’s administration was to sign executive order 14169 that froze U.S. aid worldwide. Proponents of Aid have already predicted doom and gloom especially for Africa. But what has been the impact of Aid in Africa, decades on? This book exposes some of the hidden pitfalls of Aid to Africa with the aim of challenging Africans to think beyond Aid. It seeks to contribute to the emergence of a robust and informed public debate on foreign aid in Africa, while offering viable alternatives for Africa's path to true sovereignty, and sustainable development that guarantees Africa's future and restores her dignity.
Treason by Miguna Miguna
Brief summary
Treason: the case against tyrants and renegades
This is a bold, candid and beautifully written book. Miguna presents vivid details of behind the scenes discussions that preceded the swearing in ceremony of January 30, 2018. The dialogues are verbatim. They are meticulously recorded. The feelings are raw and searing.
The logic and analysis in treason are robust.
"It was sad that the cancer of betrayal was ferociously attacking our liberations movement before the ink I had used to sign the oath of office on. The people’s president had dried ….. I am relieved, however, that my experiences would not go untold. That the future generations now have a permanent record of some of the most atrocious violations of human rights in modern history that have been committed against a Kenyan born citizen by the state.
If I were to die today, history would record that my death would have been caused by the cancer of betrayal by the home guards and renegades. But I would die on my feet a happy man, with the full knowledge that the ideas, aspirations, dreams and values for which I have dedicated my life, will, never die and that in the end and no matter how long it takes, these ideals and values will ultimately triumph over evil, injustice and wrongs that have been inflicted upon me and generations of Kenyans before me,” Miguna writes, eventually, facts and the truth shall prevail over falsehoods, deception and the oppressive machinations of the neocolonial agents of imperialism. That means my commitment and hope. Its also my burning dream.
No Longer at Ease by Chinua Achebe
The second book in Achebe’s "African trilogy”: A classic story of personal and moral struggle as well as turbulent social conflict.
When Obi Okonkwo—grandson of Okonkwo, the main character in Things Fall Apart—returns to Nigeria from England in the 1950s, his foreign education separates him from his African roots. He’s becoming a part of a ruling elite whose corruption he finds repugnant.
Forced to choose between traditional values and the demands of a changing world, he finds himself trapped between the expectations of his family, his village, and the larger society around him. With unequaled clarity and poignancy, Chinua Achebe’s No Longer at Ease remains a brilliant statement of the challenges facing Nigeria today.