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Chubot the Cursed One & Other Stories
0KSh600.00A recurring theme is the role of women in society and their longing for equity, their triumph often depicted by heroines catapulted by circumstances rather than deliberate action of society to engineer their success.
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Ominous Clouds
0Ominous Clouds is a collection of poems that have specifically been selected from previous works by the author. The collection comprises poems with the theme of Kenyan politics. Issues of governance, negative ethnicity, and political violence are tackled.
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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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Otenyo: A Hero of the Abagusii
0KSh500.00Christopher Okemwa is a widely published playwright, poet and novelist. His novella, Sabina and the Mystery of the Ogre (Nsemia Inc.) won the 2015 Burt Award for African Literature (Kenya). Purgatorius Ignis (Nsemia Inc., 2016), a French English poetry collection, is his most recent release. Okemwa, who teaches literature at Kisii University, has a number of publications, including short story collections and works on indigenous knowledge of the Gusii.
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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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Purgatorius Ignis
0KSh500.00Purgatorius Ignis is an English-French poetry collection covering the entire human experience: birth, love, marriage, and death. The poetry is rhythmic, and the register is fast.
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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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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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