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The Gypsy Goddess by Meena Kandasamy
When women take to protest, there is no looking back. Sometimes it is over working conditions, other times, perhaps, a strike for higher wages. And so, in a hungry, back-broken community of villages in Tamil Nadu, a group of rural workers begin to defy their landlords. The landlords, in turn, vow to violently crush them. But these punishments only serve to strengthen the villagers' resistance -after all, when starvation is the only option, what else is there to lose...?
Between Riyadh and London by Peris Mw...
Between Riyadh and London is an insightful exploration of love, marriage, faith, and family structure across contrasting worlds. Co-authored by Peris Mwemah and Sarah Aldossari, this compelling read offers a unique Kenyan perspective on navigating cultural differences, traditional values, and modern relationship dynamics without claiming one culture is superior. A thoughtful, eye-opening guide for anyone seeking deeper mutual respect and intentionality in their personal relationships.
In Search of Bimbia: Transatlantic Sl...
In her book, In Search of Bimbia: Transatlantic Slavery and African Diasporan Rememory in Cameroon, Dr. Lisa Aubrey takes readers on a scholarly and personalized African Diasporan journey of tracing roots and reconnecting back to Africa. Written in the tradition of an academic memoir of combining scholarly literature of Africana Studies with the experiential truths of African Diasporans long dispersed from the continent of Africa, Dr. Aubrey engages readers in variegated searches of historic African Slavery Diasporans for their ontological origins on the continent of Africa from where their ancestors were forcibly wrenched. Dr. Aubrey demonstrates what can be done to recover African Diasporan history even when few-to-no records exist from times in history when Africans were regarded as sub-human chattel and dispersed into the Diaspora.
Dr. Aubrey apprises readers on revolutions in DNA technology which, for the first time in humankind, allow African Diasporans from transoceanic slaveries to trace their roots.
ZIONS CHILDREN by Mutendei Writes
Zions Children is an African family drama that highlights the crisis of gender roles in land ownership that precipitated the adoption of the land inheritance law allowing women to inherit land, centering the fragility of economic systems among the Kenyan/African modern nuclear family, where the surviving wife and children of the Mwela family find themselves victims of weaponized culture by their predatory inlaw.
The family struggles for survival against the backdrop of rural vs urban identity politics. Land has been such a contentious issue for Africans and the Carribean Diaspora. Given the contentious cardinal sin of land theft during colonial times, its self defeating that land theft happens among African and black diaspora communities, perpetrated by their own.
Zion's Children explores the rural-urban dissasociative cultural rift among African amd Black diaspora communities through the generational trauma that impacts the children of the Mwela family when culture is used as a weapon in land theft, the pitfalls that befall them, and the lengths that they and their friends must go to, to right wrongs and reclaim what is theirs.
Enono Ya Busoga- Family Unit: A Compl...
This book portrays Busoga as a unique society with distinct values and norms that have made Busoga an organized, stable, united and enjoyable community. It is these values that every Musoga should espouse and be proud of.
The values researched on [okusangalira baino], Leadership [obukulembeze], Justice include hospitality [obwenkania], Goodness [obulungi], Unity [okwisania], Hardwork [okwekemba okukola emirimu], Faith [okwikiriza], Respect [Akanhagansi / ekitiibwa/ ekitiisa], Marriage and family, [obufumbo na maka], kinship [oluzi], Parenting [okulera nokukuza abaana], Gratefulness [okusiima nokwebaza], Integrity [obwesimbu] and being Humane [obuntubulamu].
This is a mirror to the fact that the modern Musoga has a lot to learn from the old past. When these values are well nurtured and put to proper use they build a value laden society that can develop and prosper.
The many pictures and illustrations used make reading easy and give one a glimpse of our rich heritage of tools and equipment that were in use then. This book is an eye opener to how our grandparents survived in hostile environments and conditions amidst many life challenges. It is a wealth of innovation and lived realities.
This is a narrative of the Kisoga Culture as told at the fire place. It is a conservation, preservation and presentation of a living culture that has propelled the Great Basoga through ages. It is a bridge, from the old folklore story telling through word of mouth, to modern written transmission of knowledge and information. It facilitates upcoming generations discover their old rich past. The family is presented as the core centre "enono" and nexus of society, whose composition and functions could be revived, copied and promoted for stability and development of our mother country. It gives Busoga's geographical location and the features that give it its identity namely language, names, clans and leadership structure with ObwaKyabazinga at the helm. The characteristic homestead structure, its composition and functions are a unique basis for identity and distinction from other cultures.
Atejo Kenya Kiti: Enkibelekenyata e T...
A translation of The Princess Crown Land originally written in English into Maa, the spoken language of the Maasai people of East Africa; this is a work of reclamation of an African story in an African language, a reaffirmation of language sovereignty and a contribution to the global efforts of indigenous languages revitalization.
The Longest Way Home by Dora Okeyo
70 pages, that's it.
No fancy words, delayed retribution, complex plots- just a story of one man's journey into reckoning with his past. The man is called Benjamin or if you would prefer 'Benja,' and often as it is with life, you cannot do it alone- and so his trusted steed is called Jasper.
This story is woven to pay homage to the tongue the writer speaks and may you in reading relate to a thing or two in Benja's life.
Corridors of Silence
The Rebel Part 1
A description of my thoughts on self delusion, losing myself then doing everything possible to recover myself.
From childhood trauma that led me to drug and alcohol abuse, reckless sex borne out of teenage heartbreaks to wild experiments in sorcery and witchery that morphed into psychosis that took too much to reverse.
Sandwiched in between is the unending desire to change the world from effects of colonialism, the corrupt governments to toxic parents only to discover I was the problem all along.
Indian Africa: Minorites of Indian-Pa...
This book aims at painting a broad picture of the communities of Indian origin in East Africa, striving to include changes that have occurred since the end of the 1980s. The different contributions explore questions of race and citizenship, national loyalties and cosmopolitan identities, local attachment and transnational networks. Drawing upon anthropology, history, sociology and demography, Indian Africa depicts a multifaceted population and analyses how the past and the present shape their sense of belonging, their relations with others, their professional and political engagement. This book is a must-read for contemporary researchers, students, policy practioners as well as the general reader.
SHADOWS BENEATH THE FUTURE
Books, 8-4-4, Adventure Stories (Children's / Teenage), English Readers, General, Kenya Fiction, Novels
Shadows Beneath the Future by Festus korir is a quietly powerful novel about growth, resilience, and the courage it takes to move forward while carrying the past. Set in the village of Lumira, the story follows Lina and Kairo as they navigate fear, hope, and the unseen choices that shape who they become. With lyrical prose and emotional depth, the novel explores the delicate balance between light and shadow, loss and learning. Thoughtful and deeply human, this is a story for readers who value reflection, meaning, and journeys that linger long after the final page
THE NJURI-NCHEKE OF MERU by David Mai...
A gripping, fireside retelling of the Ameru people’s origins and history—narrated through the voices of our great-great-grandparents. This book recounts the tribe's dramatic escape from slavery and the emergence of the powerful Njuri-Ncheke council—an institution that profoundly shaped their laws, faith, and identity for generations.
Gikuyu Son Of Solomon by FREDRICK MWANGI
Gikuyu Son of Solomon, traces the lineage of the Kikuyu people back to the biblical King Solomon and the Green of Sheba. The narrative follows Solomonic dynasty through its Ethiopian descendant Emperor Zara Yaqob and his son, Galawdewos. According to the book, Galawdewos, a slain prince, is the father of Zara Maryam, who is later known as Gikuyu. Fleeing turmoil in Ethiopia, Gikuyu escapes to the Kenyan highlands, settling at Mukurwe wa Nyagathanga. Here, he establishes the Kikuyu community with his wife, Sanii Suwena, who is also known as Mumbi. The book, therefore, provides a mythical and historical account of the Kikuyu people's origins, linking them to a royal and sacred lineage.