March 27, 2024
Each page of this book reminds me of that morning. It was the day when my neighbour, Joram, mistakenly looted and brought home 50kgs of fertilizer […]
March 18, 2024
Best Before 09 is a memoir that illuminates the life of Gwas, a little boy just getting started in life. As a student he has to […]
March 12, 2024
In this collection of essays, Nanjala Nyabola shares observations and remarks gleaned from a life of traversing the globe across 70 countries and four continents. With […]
December 11, 2020
The Snow Girls is an autobiography that presents a riveting story told through the lens of two high school friends. These remarkable girls find themselves faced […]
December 10, 2020
Kill Me Quick is a story about Meja and Maina, two boys from the rural parts of Kenya who come to Nairobi with bright-eyed expectations about […]
December 9, 2020
“Gray Latitudes is a body of poems that stretches language to its limit…” These are the opening words by Patricia Jabbeh Wesley to Gray Latitudes, a poetry chapbook […]
December 8, 2020
This book is small but mightily captivating. Kinyanjui Kombani weaves mystery and love in this captivating story that is based in Nairobi. If you grew up in Kenya […]
December 7, 2020
If The Dragonfly Sea could be explained using pop culture, the song Aiyana by Otile Brown and Sanaipei Tande would definitely be in the soundtrack as […]
December 4, 2020
I picked up this book wanting to learn more about the Kenya that existed before me. What life was like during the Emergency and gaining a […]