Kenya Is home to bird species and boasts many globally important birding areas This the first detailed guide to the country s best birding sites and the perfect companion to any bird field guide Top Birding Sites in Kenya will help both local and...
By Catherine Ngarachu
The Niles Embrace is an extraordinary adventure story. Extraordinary because for two young boys to set off on a one thousand kilometre canoe trip down the Nile is not exactly like taking a ride around the estate....But thats not all. Besides the...
By Focus
When the clouds covering Mount Kenya part one morning to reveal its towering peaks for the first time, prisoner of war Felice Benuzzi is transfixed. The tedium of camp life is broken by the beginnings of a sudden idea - an outrageous, dangerous,...
By Felice Benuzzi
The world is in a mess For more than a billion people everyday life is played out against the backdrop of civil wars military coups and failing economies Award winning academic Paul Collier s vision for the future of the developing world is eye...
By Collier
Children of Virtue and Vengeance is the breathtaking second title in Tomi Adeyemis YA fantasy trilogy, Legacy of Orisha, following her ground-breaking, West African-inspired debut Children of Blood and Bone. After battling the impossible, Zelie...
By Tomi Adeyemi
When Koredes dinner is interrupted one night by a distress call from her sister, Ayoola, she knows whats expected of her: bleach, rubber gloves, nerves of steel and a strong stomach. Thisll be the third boyfriend Ayoolas dispatched in, quote,...
By Oyinkan Braithwaite
As a child Gifty would ask her parents to tell the story of their journey from Ghana to Alabama, seeking escape in myths of heroism and romance. When her father and brother succumb to the hard reality of immigrant life in the American South, their...
By Yaa Gyasi
A collection of powerful, inspiring and challenging stories from youth breaking barriers across Africa. 50 Empowering Stories from across 22 Sub Sahara Africa countries told by 29 Women and 21 Men. For the majority of young people, growing up in...
By Lizz Ntonjira
They burned down the market on the day Vivek Oji died. One afternoon, a mother opens her front door to find the length of her son's body stretched out on the veranda, swaddled in akwete material, his head on her welcome mat. The Death of Vivek...
By Akwaeke Emezi
At once epic and deeply personal, the second novel from prize-winning author Jennifer Makumbi is an intoxicating mix of Ugandan folklore and modern feminism that will linger in the memory long after the final page. As Kirabo enters her teens,...
By Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi
As a third wife in a small Nigerian village, fourteen-year-old Adunni is expected to fade into silence. But Adunni will not keep quiet. She’s smart, funny and curious, with an infectiously joyful spirit. And despite adversity awaiting her at...
By Abi Dare