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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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Oral Poetry: The Abagusii of Kenya
0KSh1,500.00This book documents the oral poetry of the community in its original form, and in various versions that were practised or sung in different parts of the region inhabited by the community. Further, the book discusses the context in which this poetry was sung and explains some of the cultural practices, norms, and customs that surround or motivated the composition of the poetry.
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Philosophical Escapades
0Original price was: KSh1,000.00.KSh700.00Current price is: KSh700.00.Throughout his life, Wilson Lwandhle Magadhla was a keen observer of life’s happenings around him. As he went about his work in the police force as a detective and investigator, he recorded many interesting observations, often describing them as epiphanies.
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Proverbs of Abagusii: Meaning & Application
0KSh850.00Like most cultural groups, the oral tradition of Abagusii People of Kenya is expressed in, among others, proverbs. These capture lessons and meaning, modulated by time and context as they are passed down generations. Like riddles and metaphors, proverbs express the wisdom of a culture and find apt applications in many situations. Christopher Okemwa’s work documents some of the proverbs of Abagusii, their meaning, context in which they are used and application thereof. In this book proverbs are documented in the original form accompanied by English translations in addition to lessons they offer. Embedded in this collection are cultural aspects such beliefs and norms which touch on many aspects of Abagusii society. These aspects include relationships among people, communal life, gender matters, economic issues and many more.
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Riddles of Abagusii of Kenya
0KSh500.00The publication of Christopher Okemwa’s Riddles of Abagusii of Kenya is a giant groundbreaking step in making available the rich reservoir of the oral literature of the Abagusii. The pool of riddles in the book will be handy in helping students and researchers to access this genre of the oral literature of the community. It is not only a fact that this is so far the best presentation of the riddling tradition among the Abagusii, but also the deep literary quality of this presentation places this book among the best that have emanated from a research on this community. – Obed Machogu, University of East Africa, Baraton.
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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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Song of a Chicken Bone
0KSh1,500.00Songs of a Chicken Bone is a collection of passionate and assured poems; the poet’s first full length offering of poetry. Themes are universally varied, but the poems are deeply personal.
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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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