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A Boy named Koko by Adipo Sidang
Brief Summary
Koko is a talented boy. His teachers like him and try to help him develop his talent. However, he is different from others - he lives with albinism. This makes others treat him differently.
His mother punishes him frequently and hurls insults at him, in spite of being restrained by the neighbor. Boys of his age find pleasure in making fun of his condition and often provoke him to fight. But Koko is a calm boy who does not like controversy.
With a view to running away from constant scolding and conflict, Koko runs away from home. What follows is a roller-coaster of events and experiences. Will Koko emerge from his social maze and amount to something? Find the answers to this question from this spellbinding story.
At The Crossroads by Ifrah Mohamed Aden
A tall breathtakingly Young Warda becomes the first girl to attend school in her village, However, Tragedy struck her family when her father Hussain is murdered in a cold blood. Her Intimidating and assertive uncle Abass forces her to marry an old man supporting on crutches. Hell broke loose for Warda and her Mother Kaltum.
Kaltum plans an escape for her daughter.
Warda travels to the city and ends up in the hands of another beast.
Return of Shaka by Meja Mwangi
Brief Summary
Shaka Zulu is back. With a vengeance.
A small band of determined warriors, armed with ancient assegais is headed for a bloody clash with a large and well-armed modern army.
And in the midst of it all, Prince Moshesh Nkosi, son of the Great Elephant, descendant of a thousand kings, derelicts his duties and runs to the ends of the earth to dodge his fate. But fate catches up with him soon enough when he meets up with Laritta Duncan, a princess from a lost kingdom, who compells him to stand and face up to his awesome responsibilities.
Ayi hlome madonda. Let the enemy come!’
So let us drink to the fortunes of the warriors of the Umhlatuzi, to the heirs of the great Hlazakazi and to the women who bravely bear them and bring them to the place of the chiefs to serve and die for their people. Let us drink to The Return of Shaka.
A powerful story, powerfully told.
John Sibi Okumu Collected Plays 2004-...
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On Role Play
“Role Play, which was best performed in 2004, gives us a ‘zoomed out’ perspective of Kenya’s history and society and gives African drama, and posterity, a new point of reference.”
-Anne Manyara, The East African.
“… a deftly woven amalgamation of possibilities… by turns subtle and confrontational.”
– Parselelo Kantai, Iko! Magazine (Kenya)
“… an unapologetic look at racial stereotypes in modern Kenya.”
– Newsweek International.
“… actors take their audience through Kenya’s modern history.”
– The (UK) Independent.
On Kaggia
“The play depicts a man who o?ered all his life to his nation but who became a victim of betrayal by compatriots and a new African leadership too preoccupied with sleaze, squandering a lifetime opportunity to change the lives of the people they led.”
– George Orido, The (Kenya) Standard.
On Elements
“It tells the story of Dana, a woman of mixed race heritage who, despite her wide travels around the world, still faces a con?ict of belonging as she navigates the maze of identities.”
– Tefo Nombolo, The (Botswana) Midweek Sun
Mandate of the People by Margaret A O...
Brief Summary
During the election time in Migodi, Leo Adam Agade, a hitherto unknown breed of politician in the region, campaigns on a platform of honesty, but runs into the menacing opposition of his adversary.
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Back-fence Talk and Other Vices by Ca...
Scars and Healing by Catherine Wanjiru
Dreams On A Motorcycle by Dr Kevin Ro...
Dr. Rombosia is a medical doctor, healthcare manager, budding geospatial epidemiologist, and the 2019 Kenya Excellence in Healthcare Leadership Award Winner.
"Dreams on a motorcycle", travels the reader through a journey of resilience in different seasons of life. With honest and lucid articulation, he describes his life’s journey and parallels this with how motorcycling has throttled him on in this sojourn.
His story is a classic example of applying fortitude and resilience when faced by the different road conditions that assail us in life.
Mombasa Raha My Foot
The Last Pillar of Ramogi- a novella ...
I Swear by Apollo by Margaret Ogola
Flashes of Vice: Vol I by Vincent de ...
Flashes of Vice: Vol I is a collection of flash fiction stories, the first in a series of flash stories first published on Flashes of Vice, the author’s blog published within a duration of one year.
Flashes of Vice tells life as it is in short, punchy, thrilling stories. The switch is flipped on and off before you know what is happening, leave you wanting more and more – something you will never get.
A Dolls House by Henrik Ibsen
A Don House is a three-act play written by Henrik Ibsen, the same author of the evergreen An Enemy of the People. It deals with the fate of a married woman — Nora Helmer — who lacks reasonable opportunities for self-fulfillment in a male-dominated world. The protagonist in the play, Nora had earlier on committed a forgery, in order to save the life of her authoritarian husband, Torvald Helmer.
And now she is being blackmailed and lives in fear of her husband finding out about her vice, and of the shame, such a revelation would bring to his career. When the truth comes out, Nora is shocked to learn where she really stands in her husband's esteem. To her husband, Nora is an amusing 'thing' to be petted, but unreliable.
To other people like Mrs Linden and Nils Krogstad, she is naive and spoiled. Nora symbolizes the status of the majority of women in this conservative patriarchal society, making the play as relevant today as it was, decades ago, in Norway.
Blossoms of the Savannah by H. R. Ole...
Brief Summary
Blossoms of the Savannah follows the lives of two young sisters on the verge of womanhood. Taiyo and Resian both become aware of the conflict between their personal dreams and their duty to the Nasila tradition and culture. H. R. Ole Kulet addresses the elusive concerns of female genital mutilation and early marriages among the Maa community of the Massai and captures the reader's imagination as he traces the girls' excruciatingly painful steps to victory.
Sweet Pains by George Oduor
Brief Summary
Nadia had always wished to get an education and be somebody in life. When a stepmother she never met, Amala appeared with news of her going to the city, Nadia knew her dream had come to pass, for Amala promised just that. But Nadia did not know she was a victim of an avenge mission and human trafficking network led by Gael, her interesting mistress who turns out Nadia's greatest tormentor and mother of Kaso, the man she loves the most.
Rafiki Man Guitar by Meja Mwangi
Brief Summary
Rafiki, an out-of-luck musician, turned bounty hunter and debt collector, volunteers to help a failing shopkeeper find his debtors and collect the money they owe him.
However, the mile long list of loan defaulters comprises of the town’s poorest residents, many of whom have changed their residences, their names and identities and gone underground.
Others will not part with the goods they got on credit, and will defend them with their lives. Moreover, Rafiki’s friends, and relatives are on the list, and so is the Chief, and he has the power to arrest and detain Rafiki without trial.
Mountain of Bones by Meja Mwangi
Brief Summary
The junior readers series has been designed to encourage reading for pleasure among upper primary school children. Wide and repeated reading of books in the series should enable pupils to automatically improve their written and spoken English.
Jimi the dog goes missing and Kariuki does not know where to look for him. Is it really safe to go to Majengo to look for him? Join Kariuki and Nigel in this exciting journey to the mountain of bones.
The Price of Living by Yusuf K Dawood
Brief Summary
'For those who make it to We top, there is the joy of good living.. There is also a price.
In his world of cut-throat competition and un-ethical dealings, Maina Karanja can judge success in two units only money and power. Power to live and love in style, and money to sustain that power. But then there are things also that no money can buy and no power can obtain. This Maina learns the hard way.