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My Life with a Criminal by John Kiria...
John Kiriamiti's best-selling novel My Life in Crime has become a classic. Here Milly, his girlfriend, tells the poignant story of her life with the bank robber.
They were in love, and he was gentle, kind and considerate. But after she moved in with him, she discovered his double life. She remained devoted, but the stress of his life bore its toll, and finally they parted. This sequel novel is also a bestseller in Kenya.
City of Broken Dreams- An Anthology
City of Broken Dreams is an anthology from ten Kenyan writers, capturing the emotional landscapes of contemporary life on the continent. These stories move between ambition and disillusionment, love and loss, survival and reinvention, offering intimate glimpses into lives shaped by both struggle and possibility.
Son of Woman by Charles Mangua
An instant success and bestseller in Kenya, which ran into 6 reprints, this prize-winning novel marked the beginning of popular literature in Kenya. Mangua's novel is a fictional, autobiographical account of the son of a prostitute.
The male narrator describes his life as the orphan of a prostitute in the slums of Nairobi, a young man frequenting bars and brothels, a student, corrupt civil servant and seasonal convict.
His is a humorous and cynical account revealing much about the unsavoury aspects of a world experiencing rapid social change. Charles Mangua is a prolific writer of popular literature, and author of three other novels, Son of Woman in Mombasa (the sequel to Son of Woman), A Tail in the Mouth, and Kanina and I.
The Honourables by Brian Mbanacho
After losing her first pregnancy, then her second, then her third, Agnes decides to quit trying and joins politics in a show of defiance. Her husband, Juma, is not amused, but nothing is going to stop her, not even the risk of losing her marriage.
The political waters are already muddled by the hatred simmering between the Women Rep, Dorothy, and Member of Parliament, Obwana, and Agnes will find out soon enough that this could work for or against her.
The Honourables is the story of distinguished members of the society clamoring for respect, power and revenge. No line is too sacred to cross and no heart too precious to break. But there can only be one outcome.
#Hanifa by Wanyiri Maina
When Jamal, a powerful politician, offers to marry Hanifa, her father sees salvation, a home rebuilt, a family restored to honor. But within the walls of that new house, silence grows heavier than sin.
Torn between duty and desire, Hanifa becomes the quiet center of a storm. A woman traded for power, a heart that remembers freedom even when caged.
#Hanifa is a story of betrayal and survival, where love, power and faith collide in the most intimate of wars.
MAKOVU by Dickens Luvanda
Muhtasari wa Kiswahili – Makovu
Makovu ni riwaya ya kubuni yenye mvuto mkubwa iliyoandikwa kwa Kiswahili fasaha, inayoangazia majeraha ya kihisia na kijamii yanayotokana na mifumo iliyoporomoka, usaliti, na mapambano ya vijana katika ulimwengu na jamii ya sasa. Hadithi hii inamfuatilia mhusika mkuu - Kidaluso, kijana wa kike mwenye akili na ndoto kubwa, anayekumbana na changamoto tele za umasikini, ufisadi, na ukosefu wa haki na ukandamizaji katika jamii.
Kidaluso anapojaribu kusaka maisha bora katika mazingira yaliyojaa ukosefu wa ajira, hila za kisiasa, na mmomonyoko wa maadili, analazimika pia kukabiliana na majeraha ya ndani yanayomtikisa kiutu.
Safari yake inawakilisha changamoto halisi za vijana wengi wa Kiafrika wanaotafuta mwelekeo wa maisha na ukombozi bila kupoteza maadili yao na kwa minajili ya jamii.
Kupitia uandishi wa kuvutia na lugha ya kishairi, Makovu kinagusia maudhui ya utawala, ubadhirifu wa rasilimali, ukosefu wa maadili, kutamaushwa kwa vijana, mapenzi na matumaini. Ni kazi inayoutua kuwa ingawa makovu yanaweza kuumiza, yanaweza pia kuwa alama za ushindi, ujasiri, na mabadiliko chanya.
English Synopsis – Makovu
Makovu (Swahili for Scars) is a fictional powerful Kiswahili novel that delves into the emotional and societal wounds left by broken systems, betrayal, lack of moral values, and youthful resilience. Set in a fictional country - Ujamaa, the story follows the life of the main character - Kidaluso, a bright and ambitious young lady whose dreams are constantly threatened by poverty, corruption, and systemic injustice.
As Kidaluso navigates a world plagued by unemployment, political manipulation, and moral decay, she must confront not only external challenges but also the internal scars that shape her identity.
Her journey mirrors the struggles of many present day African youth who are determined to rise above their circumstances, bring formidable change while staying true to their values.
Through vivid storytelling and poetic language, Makovu explores themes of governance, resource mismanagement, youth disillusionment, love, and hope. It is a poignant reminder that while wounds may run deep, they can also become the marks of survival, strength, and transformation.
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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.
The Spear by Ngugi Ndegwa
Petals of Blood by Ngugi Wa Thiongio
The Mau Mau rebellion, as it is often called, which began in Kenya in the early 1950s, was a nationalist, anticolonial armed resistance against the British colonial state.
The guerrilla movement called itself the Kenya Land Freedom Army; the British dubbed the movement “mau mau,” a meaningless name, to obscure the aims otherwise so clear in the resistance army’s name.
Ngugi Wa Thiongío’s Petals of Blood examines, among other things, the betrayal by the postcolonial regime of the ideals of this anticolonial struggle that helped Kenya achieve its independence.
The novel revolves around three men and a woman. The four friends reveal different aspects of their history to each other piecemeal, just as their families had guardedly explained the past to them. The lingering effects of the Mau Mau revolt have affected all their lives and by the end of the novel, each character is wrapped up in his or her own exclusive epiphany about life in Kenya.
Abdullah, the trader, thinks he failed the movement because he did not avenge the death of a friend who was a revolutionary and who was betrayed. Munira, the schoolteacher and eventual wide-eyed prophet, is paralyzed by the shadow of his successful father, who condemned the Mau Mau but aided the crony corruption of independent Kenya. Wanja, the beauty from a broken home, learns that it was two generations of revolutionary fervor that distorted the home she grew up in. And Karega, Thiongío’s union-pushing hero, scrutinizes the history of Mau Mau as if it were a sacred text. Somewhere in that history, they all believe, is the key to wisdom and justice.
Sibiloi: The Genesis of Humanity by D...
ONE Mysterious belt in an antique shop in London is a compass to secret caves of the Amalek tribe in Sibiloi, Northern Kenya.
FOUR Researchers want to unravel the truth: biologist Dr Martha Watkins, anthropologist Jim Trevor, and archaeologists Dr Paul Brando from California, US, and Professor Simiyu from Kenya.
TWO Extremist organisations want the truth buried forever: a religious sect and a terror organisation.
Deep in the caves of Sibiloi in Turkana, Kenya, is the answer that has evaded researchers for ages: Sibiloi holds secrets of the genesis of humanity.
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What is 99? by Muthoni Thang’wa
The stories in this book are rooted in Kenya. Some draw from real events, but all characters and their circumstances are fictional. Though fictional, they hold fragments of truth, joy, memory, and sorrow woven into everyday life. They will make you reevaluate ordinary life, its struggles, joys and the silence in between.
Don’t You Run: A Christmas cybe...
From the bestselling Author of C0nn3ctB4ck series and other Cyber Thrillers.
DON’T YOU RUN
A Novelette
He always watched them. They were his victims …
BROKEN HEARTS:
It's Christmas, and Paige Mwangi is still a heartbreaker. Boys at school have always loved her, but they never could get to her. She has always played the role of the spoiled, rich, beautiful girl. Then, the worst happened last year when a close friend offered her up to a gang of school boys. She changed schools and started a new life, but the worst still followed her.
THE CREEPER:
Her lure crosses paths with a dangerous serial killer and rapist. A serial Predator.
Through Paige’s father's company, her laptop and devices are hacked. This man is able to watch her remotely because that is exactly how he observes his targets before striking.
INVESTIGATIONS:
Vic is able to find out that some tools, tactics, techniques, and procedures used inside Paige’s father’s company are not just from a local African Financial Threat, but another threat actor is inside their systems and is targeting both Paige’s laptop and her father’s. The killer is much more brilliant and uses sophisticated tooling. After this killer targets Paige, the next thing left is he kidnaps her just like he did with the other girls. But he is escalating on his hunts and kills.
TIME IS RUNNING OUT:
He doesn’t keep a girl for more than three days. He will ask for some payment, which is usually a ruse because he eventually doesn’t honor it. Vic and his partners have to help the DCI reach her and rescue her, but time is running out. None of the victims survived so far. None of them returned home.
Gikuyu Oral Literature by Wanjiku Muk...
This book offers an intimate initiation into the oral literature of the Agikuyu people of Kenya. The authors offer examples of oral narratives, proverbs, songs, riddles and poetry collected from live performances, many of which they have themselves participated in. The examples are rendered both in the Gikuyu language of performance and in the English translation.
The authors have succeeded in conveying the atmosphere of the actual performance by remaining faithful to the conversational language of narration or recitation. Each narrative, even when very much a part of a commonly-held tradition, comes out with the originality of the performance of a particular, individual artist. And the songs are presented as they have been sang for particular occasions - by individualized singers who express a cultural and value world through a particularized mood and emotion.
The authors also feature quite prominently the performance of two gicandi artists. Gicandi is a uniquely Gikuyu artform - a poetry recited to the accompaniment of the music of the gicandi instrument.
With its good examples, lucid and stimulating discussion as well as questions that provoke thought, this book is an ideal support book for the secondary school and university oral literature programmes.
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.
Camp In Between by Beatty Sheila Opanga
Camp in Between is a collection of six exhilarating stories, with various plots, set in various towns in Kenya, woven together by the author’s inventive use of Kenya’s many languages, her humorous wit, and fearless bluntness, majorly to ask one question, what makes a good parent?
Love within and without the bounds of morality addressed, and so is history and a little bit of Kenya’s constantly unstable style of government and where that might lead us.
SIMIANS-BOOK ONE
In a world where human beings never existed, early mammals evolved into an advanced race of fur-growing Simians. Developing highly-advanced technology and a monarchical culture very similar to our own. These advances, however, came at a steep cost to the residents of this different earth. A pampered young prince on vacation from school is confronted by the very horrors that his ruling family wrought on the Planet-Kingdom of Gaea.
Thus unfolds a tale of class-warfare and splintering friendships in the face of duty, power, and legacy. All while this hierarchical society wrestles with its preconceived notions of moral responsibility, freedom and equality.