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Ngorongoro Conservation Area

KShs1,495.00 KShs1,421.00
Brief Summary The fourth title in the "Great Game Parks of Africa" series, this book, comprising one-third text and two-thirds photographs, presents an overview of the Ngorongoro Conservation Area in Tanzania. It provides details about the environment, animals and birds that might be encountered, and how to gain the maximum use from a visit. A clear color map shows places of interest, safari lodges, rest camps and drives. ISBN:9781868257492 Author:Chris Stuart, Tilde Stuart and Daryl Balfour

Pink Flamingos

KShs1,495.00 KShs1,421.00
Brief Summary On the alkaline lakes of Kenya and Tanzania live three million Lesser Flamingos and 50,000 Greater Flamingos. The sight of even a half a million of these beautiful, strangely aristocratic birds clustered together like a bed of gigantic chrysanthemums is one that few have found words to describe. The volcanic Great Rift Valley where flamingos are found is one of the harshest places on earth -- its boiling, corrosive, and foul-smelling lakes are certain death to any animal fool enough to drink from them -- yet it is home to East Africa's pink birds. In their remote setting flamingos are remote creatures inhabiting a world of their own. Puzzled naturalists have long tried to unravel the mysteries surrounding these birds, who will suddenly appear in countless thousands, delight us for a while, and disappear again just as swiftly. Carlo Mari's exquisite photographs have captured the fleeting grace and fascination of flamingos and, with Nigel Collar's knowledgeable text, offer insight into their curiously enchanting world. Pink Flamingos is a superb gift for bird and nature lovers and belongs in every naturalist's library. ISBN:9780789206688 Author:Carlo Mari and N. J. Collar

Congo Bradt Travel Guide

KShs2,495.00 KShs2,371.00
Brief Summary The Congo is synonymous in most people’s imagination with exploration, deepest jungle and an escape from the Western world. This new Bradt guide will be the first full guidebook to publish new information on both the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and the People’s Republic of Congo (PRC) in well over a decade. It will appeal to travelers who are seeking to explore a new region of Africa emerging from many years of conflict, a region that is changing rapidly as stability returns to the region. Natural history is given due prominence in this guide, the Congo possessing a high percentage of Africa’s remaining, intact rainforest. " ISBN:1841622338 Author:Sean Rorison

How to trek Kilimanjaro

KShs1,495.00 KShs1,421.00
Brief Summary A 52 page book focusing on techniques, breathing, clothing, hydration, food and equipment to use for a successful ascent to the highest peak in Africa. It comes complete with a pocket sized map of the mountain's best trekking routes (encased in a plastic wallet). The pocket size book measures 5 x 7 inches. ISBN:9789966956422 Author:Clive Ward

The Storm Leopard

KShs2,795.00 KShs2,656.00
Brief Summary This is an account of the author's journey from the Cape to the Serengeti Plains and the book is filled with insights of African elephants and antelope, and portraits of a natural world inhabited by Bushmen, game wardens and scientists. This unique book emanates from the author's passionate affair with nature and many years of experience in the field. ISBN:9781849950046 Author:Martyn Murray

The Deserts of Africa

KShs1,290.00 KShs1,226.00
Brief Summary Through his images of these vast, deceptively desolate stretches, geographer and photographer Michael Martin lays bare the cultural and spiritual core of Africa. His travels across the Sahara, the Kalahari, the Namib, and the volcanic wastelands of the Rift Valley have also acquainted him with the diverse desert residents who eke out an existence in these harsh, parched regions. In The Deserts of Africa, Martin discovers the last functioning salt caravan on the Sahara, the Tarhalamt, which begins its journey after the rainy season. The Madugu leads the way without the aid of any visible landmarks, relying on the position of the sun, the structure of the sand, and the fast-fading traces of former caravans to drive his train of camels. Martin also captures the character of these majestic, water-bearing beasts, without whom man would not survive in the arid areas. With Martin's intimate yet respectful perspective, The Deserts of Africa exposes the surprisingly fertile soul of some of the most barren landscapes on Earth. ISBN:9781860467981 Author:Michael Martin

Kangas 101 uses

KShs1,095.00 KShs1,041.00
Brief Summary The KANGA is a rectangle of pure cotton cloth with a border all around it, printed in bold designs and bright colors. It is as long as your outstretched arm and wide enough to cover you from neck to knee, or from breast to toe. Kangas are often bought in pairs, and are most attractive and useful as a pair. Most traditional outfits require a matched or unmatched pair. Husbands give kangas to wives, children to their mothers, women may split a pair to give one half to their best friend. Men can sleep in kangas, and often wear them around the house; women wear them everywhere; babies are virtually born in them, and are usually carried in a soft sling of kanga cloth. Kangas are extremely popular throughout East Africa. They make an attractive gift with multiple uses; no-one can ever have too many! In this booklet we show you 101 ways of wearing or using kangas. About half of these are styles of clothing, and the other half range from functional to fanciful! We hope that we can tempt you to invent your own styles and uses for these most pleasant and colorful pieces of cloth. " ISBN:B0027J01HE Author:Jeannette Hanby and David Bygott

Stars of Big Cat Diary

KShs1,095.00 KShs1,041.00
Brief Summary Big Cat Diary is a television phenomenon. From its inception in 1996 it grew steadily in popularity, until it attracted audiences of up to seven million. In autumn 2008, in the BBC Natural History Unit’s most ambitious outside broadcast ever, it went live for the first time and recorded two million visitors to its website in the course of transmission. ISBN:9781901268423 Author:Jonathan Scott and Angela Scott

Inside Sahara

KShs1,195.00 KShs1,136.00
Brief Summary In the spring of 2001, photographer Basil Pao accompanied actor (and former Monty Python member) Michael Palin and a BBC film crew into the heart of the world's largest desert--the Sahara. The result of that journey is these remarkable pictures of landscapes and people, taken on a route that covered nine countries and an astonishing variety of cultures. Even when in some of the most hostile conditions known to man, Pao succeeds in capturing the awe-inspiring beauty of the region. Here is Tangier, known for its incredible light; scenic old towns, such as Chefchouen in the Jabala Mountains, barely changed since the 15th century; men, working in tanneries, their bodies balanced over gigantic holes filled with dye; an oil refinery aflame; the River Niger bathed in a golden glow; the beautiful faces of pastoral nomads; the magnificent glory of endless sand dunes; and other unforgettable pictures. "Plus: behind the scene photos of Michael Palin and the film crew. ISBN:9780297843047 Author:Basil Pao and Michael Palin

Botswana The Safari Guide

KShs2,695.00 KShs2,561.00
Brief Summary A safari in northern Botswana takes the traveler to a wilderness populated almost exclusively by wildlife. Here are the predators and their prey; here, too, are the elephants, the hippos and the astonishing birdlife of the Okavango Delta. This third edition of Bradt's Botswana Safari Guide: Okavango, Kalahari, Chobe Desert provides unrivalled coverage of the region's wildlife, environment and history, as well as a thorough evaluation of when, where and how to go. Accommodation options for all budgets - from lodges to camps and hotels - are fully revised and updated Chris McIntyre is a director of a UK travel company specializing in southern Africa. He travels regularly throughout the region, including extended trips to Botswana. " ISBN:9781841623085 Author:Chris Mcintyre

African Art Skira

KShs7,290.00 KShs6,926.00
Brief Summary The Traditional Art volume presents a panorama of 6,000 years in the history of African art by highlighting archetypal and iconic works from various regions and important historic periods-400 objects beautifully reproduced in full color. This immense artistic and historic fresco highlights the beauty and force of these works from regions now comprising Nigeria, Benin, the Congo, Gabon, Guinea, the Ivory Coast, Mali, and Sudan. The book also examines the influence of African art on 20th-century Western masters such as Picasso, Modigliani, and Brancusi. " ISBN:9788857208695 Author:Ezio Bassani

To See the Mountain and Other Stories

KShs995.00 KShs946.00
Brief Summary To See the Mountain and Other Stories: The Caine Prize for African Writing 2011 The Caine Prize for African Writing is Africa's leading literary prize. For over ten years it has supported and promoted contemporary African writing. Keeping true to its motto "Africa will always bring something new," the prize has helped launch the literary careers of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Segun Afolabi, Leila Aboulela, Brian Chikwava, E. C. Osondu, Henrietta Rose-Innes, Binyavanga Wainaina, and many others. The 2011 collection will include the five shortlisted stories and the stories written at the Caine Prize Writers' Workshop. It will be published within days of the announcement of the award in July 2011. ISBN:9781906523862 Author:The Caine Prize for African Writing

The Tribal Arts of Africa

KShs3,295.00 KShs3,131.00
Brief Summary This work displays and defines the fruits of thousands of years of black African creative endeavor. All the objects included were made by Africans for their own use, spanning a period from the beginning of the first millennium to the early 20th century, before the commercial production of art aimed at the tourist trade. ISBN:9780500282311 Author:Jean-Baptiste Bacquart

Kikuyu District by Paul Sullivan

KShs1,999.00 KShs1,799.00
Brief Summary Francis Hall's letters are among the earliest colonial record of daily life in British East Africa, now modern day Kenya. In 1892 Hall was posted to Fort Smith with orders to build 150 miles of road, to re-supply caravans between the coast and Uganda and to keep the peace between the Kikuyu and the Maasai. His was a hard life in difficult, dangerous conditions and every day was an adventure. He was gored by a rhino and mauled by a leopard, which he strangled with his rifle, and survived bush surgery and frequent bouts of malaria. While on leave in England he married Bee Russell, a colleague's sister, and they set up house together in Fort Smith. As the railway line approached, so the early European settlers started to arrive. But the railway was to change everything, and when Nairobi was established on their doorstep at the turn of the century, Fort Smith became redundant. The government first moved the Halls to Machakos and then back to Kikuyuland to establish a new fort at Mbirri. Six months later Francis Hall was dead from black water fever aged 40. Mbirri was renamed Fort Hall in his memory and today the town is called Muranga. Kikuyu District is a fascinating account of the life of an early colonial administrator and settler.

Dare Not Linger The Presidential Years

KShs2,390.00 KShs1,990.00
Brief Summary The long-awaited second volume of Nelson Mandela’s memoirs, left unfinished at his death and never before available, are here completed and expanded with notes and speeches written by Mandela during his historic presidency, making for a moving sequel to his worldwide bestseller Long Walk to Freedom. "I have discovered the secret that after climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb. I have taken a moment here to rest, to steal a view of the glorious vista that surrounds me, to look back on the distance I have come. But I can rest only for a moment, for with freedom comes responsibilities, and I dare not linger, for my long walk is not ended.” In 1994, Nelson Mandela became the first president of a democratic South Africa. From the outset, he was committed to serving only a single five-year term. During his presidency, he and his government ensured that all of South Africa’s citizens became equal before the law, and he laid the foundation for turning a country riven by centuries of colonialism and apartheid into a fully functioning democracy. Dare Not Linger is the story of Mandela’s presidential years, drawing heavily on the memoir he began to write as he prepared to leave office, but was unable to finish. Now the acclaimed South African writer Mandla Langa has completed the task, using Mandela’s unfinished draft, detailed notes that Mandela made as events were unfolding, and a wealth of unseen archival material. With a prologue by Mandela’s widow, Graça Machel, the result is a vivid and often inspirational account of Mandela’s presidency and the creation of a new democracy. It tells the story of a country in transition and the challenges Mandela faced as he strove to make his vision for a liberated South Africa a reality. " ISBN:9780374134716 Author:Nelson Mandela,? Mandla Langa and Graça Machel

Jikoni Magic

KShs1,595.00 KShs1,516.00
Brief Summary Jikoni is Kiswahili for kitchen and Susan Kamau is a consultant cook and the host of the hugely popular Kenyan TV show "Let's Cook". She also contributes regularly to the Nation Newspaper. She has worked in Nairobi's leading restaurants, and has travels widely perfuming cooking demonstrations. In this Kenyan cookbook and culinary guide Susan come has up with a blend of Kenyan and international cuisine; healthy, home-style cooking to give you new ideas for family and friends. ISBN:2030312000191 Author:Susan Kamau

Scribbling the Cat

KShs1,290.00 KShs1,226.00
Brief Summary When Alexandra Bo Fuller was in Zambia a few years ago visiting her parents, she asked her father about a nearby banana farmer who was known as being a tough bugger. Her father's response was a warning to steer clear of him: Curiosity scribbled the cat, he told her. Nonetheless, Fuller began her strange friendship with the man she calls K, a white African and veteran of the Rhodesian War. A man of contradictions, K is battle-scarred and work-weathered, a born-again Christian and given to weeping for the failure of his romantic life and the burden of his memories. Driven by K's these memories of the war, they decide to enter the heart of darkness in the most literal way, by travelling from Zambia through Zimbabwe and Mozambique to visit the scenes of the war and to meet other veterans. The result is a remarkably unbiased and unsentimental glimpse of life in Africa. ISBN:9780330433990 Author:Alexandra Fuller

Ake The Years of Childhood

KShs2,500.00 KShs2,190.00
Brief Summary A dazzling memoir of an African childhood from Nobel Prize-winning Nigerian novelist, playwright, and poet Wole Soyinka. "Aké: The Years of Childhood" gives us the story of Soyinka's boyhood before and during World War II in a Yoruba village in western Nigeria called Aké. A relentlessly curious child who loved books and getting into trouble, Soyinka grew up on a parsonage compound, raised by Christian parents and by a grandfather who introduced him to Yoruba spiritual traditions. His vivid evocation of the colorful sights, sounds, and aromas of the world that shaped him is both lyrically beautiful and laced with humor and the sheer delight of a child's-eye view. A classic of African autobiography, "Aké" is also a transcendently timeless portrait of the mysteries of childhood. " ISBN:9780679725404 Author:Wole Soyinka

Teach yourself Kalenjin 2CDs

KShs1,550.00 KShs1,473.00
Brief Summary This new English-Kalenjin book is easy to use for all beginners. It covers a wide range of categorized vocabulary and expressions compiled by language experts and recorded by native speakers to help the learner capture the correct pronunciation in Kalenjin. Learners will quickly build their vocabulary and develop their communication skills through constant use of simplified dialogues that facilitate quick learning. This book also touches on some Kalenjin cultural aspects that one needs for every day communication. ISBN:2010133000766 Author:Ann Patrick

Unhappy Valley Conflict in Kenya and ...

KShs2,690.00 KShs2,556.00
Brief Summary Unhappy Valley: Conflict in Kenya & Africa, Book 2: Violence & Ethnicity (Eastern African Studies) (Book II) This long-awaited book is a considerable revision in the understanding of the history of colonial Kenya and, more widely, colonialism in Africa. There is a substantial amount of new work and this is interlocked with shared areas of concern that the authors have been exploring since 1976. The authors investigate major themes. These include the conquest origins and subsequent development of the colonial state, the contradictory social forces that articulated African societies to European capitalism, and the creation of new political communities and changing meanings of ethnicity in Africa, in the context of social differentiation and class formation. There is substantial new work on the problems of Mau Mau and of wealth, poverty and civic virtue in Kikuyu political thought. The authors make a fresh contribution to a deeper historical understanding of the development of contemporary Kenyan society and, in particular, of the British and Kukuyu origins of Mau Mau and the emergency of the 1950s. They also highlight some of the shortcomings of ideas about development, explore the limitations of narrowly structuralist Marxist theory of the state, and reflect on the role of history in the future of Africa. Book Two on Violence and Ethnicity gives new insights into popular consciousness, into revolutionary change and into the subtle realities of ethnicity; it will be of particular value to readers of Ngugi. " ISBN:9780821410257 Author:Bruce Berman and John Lonsdale