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Mwangi’s Adventure
0KSh1,000.00When Mwangi helped a distressed lady change a punctured car tyre one day, he thought it was just that. Little did he know that the token of appreciation that the lady gave him was a trigger that would set him off on an adventure of mixed fortunes.
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My Roots
0KSh1,800.00Set among the Abagusii of Kenya at the onset of independence in Africa, Jeremîré Araka’s My Roots is an extraordinary story of postcolonial migration and the characters’ struggle to negotiate their existence in the disparate cultures that assailed Africa during and after colonization.
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My Skinny Cow on An Anthill
0KSh1,800.00As the old generation strives to preserve the life-long glorious cultural traditions of the people, the relentless march of modernity exacts its toll.
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Sabina and the Mystery of the Ogre
0KSh500.00A vibrating snarl rent the air, sending Sabina into a tremble. Heavy footsteps came down on the ground outside with a force that shook the hut, like the initial tremors of an earthquake. Sabina wanted to scream, but her mouth became dry. She trembled violently. Her lips quavered and bit the earthen floor.
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Sabina the Rain Girl
0KSh500.00“Me? Wo-o-o-o-!” … “Oh-o-o-o- no! Not me!” Sabina screamed. She stretched her hand to receive the knife. “Mama-a-a-a!” … She collapsed in shock! She wailed and wriggled in pain on the tall grass.
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Sakagwa Ng’iti: A Kisii Prophet
0KSh800.00Peter Okari Nyambasora’s Sakagwa Ngi’ti, a Kisii Prophet provides some answers to these questions. It traces the emergence of Sakagwa as a prominent player in Gusii of his time, even as he had no formal power accorded by clan, tribe or lineage. Compiled from oral tales, one on one interviews with family members, and written works, the book provides the most authoritative account of Sakagwa yet written.
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Sakagwa’s Ghost
0In this this story, Sakagwa finds himself at a crossroads following the death of his father, a prominent leader in his own right. Conservative elders in the community, feeling threatened by this youngster’s demonstrated wisdom and knowledge are determined to dim his rising star. Will they succeed?
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Salted with Fire
0KSh1,000.00Salted with Fire takes place in Kisii on the eve of Kenya’s independence. Central to the story is Dexter Conway, a colonial officer who will be one of the few to remain in Kenya. This suits Conway, who seeks a different life in the newly independent country.
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Shifting Sands
0KSh1,000.00Shifting Sands is a gripping narration by Kemunto aka Kemu” to her three girlfriends, all of different cultural heritage. Kemu aspires to be a writer but life with its vicissitudes doesn’t make her dream an easy one. We follow the four young girls as they mature in this adventure, growing up and facing the world. Their encounters, surprises and cultural intricacies make for good reading.
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The Airlift Orphan
0KSh1,000.00The seed from which this book germinated was from Tom Mboya/Kennedy airlifts which took place in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Dozens of young bright students from Kenya were given a chance to further their education in the United States of America. A Kenyan visionary, politician and trade unionist, Tom Joseph Mboya, had seen that an independent Kenya would need its own well educated citizens to steer the new nation as most of the colonial government workers were leaving.
Kendi, the chief persona in the story, is the daughter of a man who left his pregnant lover behind and failed to come back. The travails that Kendi and her mother go through at the hands of a ruthless society is the gist of the real story.
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The Eye of Mayenga
0KSh800.00The Eye of Mayenga is a heart-throbbing novel centred in a remote, rural African village of Mayenga. The village is a lethargic place that appears to have been left behind with respect to world trends and realities. Its residents seem trapped in times gone, dwelling on beliefs like witchcraft and other archaic practices.
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The Lady who Married a Crow and Other Stories
0KSh800.00Within this collection, the author offers a glimpse into that treasured past, presenting lessons and insights into history and culture that hold relevance for the present and have the potential to shape the future. Written in the style of the original oral form, these tales not only entertain but also carry profound moral teachings and cultural heritage.
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The Sacred River
0KSh1,000.00The Sacred River is a gripping and compelling political thriller that revolves around a post-independence African nation named Donyokeri.
The gods have conspired to bestow one Shujaa Juma, who has the admiration of the entire community in which he lives, the onerous task of helping liberate the country led by an autocratic ruler, named Sonkoh.
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The Scavenngers
0KSh1,200.00Moreover, Scavengers is a story of the challenges a mother encounters in her endeavour to raise a son to become a professional she can be proud of. She gets disappointed when the son, having qualified for one of the most prestigious professions, rejects it, terming it his mother’s dream. Will his mother allow him to pursue a career path of his choice?
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The Trial of The Gods
0KSh1,200.00The Trial of the Gods is the story of a man and his people who live in the Kalahari Desert. They believe that the land they occupy belongs to the Gods hence cannot be owned by anyone else, least of all Government. The book takes the reader through human rights Bushman activism in an environment they are considered uncivilized and stigmatized as scavengers; the wretched of earth, in the words of Franz Fanon.
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