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The Delegate by Edward Mwangi
Brief Summary
The future of Chebet, a teenage girl, and her siblings is at a crossroads. Should she heed her uncle’s advice and submit to the demands of her culture? Should she get herself a job, or should she just let fate take its course? Chebet has to make a choice amid trials, tribulations, and social stigma. Perhaps it is Chebet’s endurance, resilience and hard work that will finally shape her life.
Maajabu Hungry Animals by Zuri Kaloki...
Brief Summary
“Maajabu - Hungry animals” is a fictional story about animals in the wild in the land of Maajabu in Africa, where wonders and adventures happen daily. The animals all have beautiful Swahili names. They live in harmony and play all day, until a time when the rains fail.
One day during the drought, fox sets out early in the morning, in search of food, he encounters the donkey, the wolf and three birds. Will he find food to eat? The moral of this story is that it does not pay to trick others. We should always be kind; we all need good friends.
Zuri Kaloki is a young author from Kenya, Africa Zuri is 11 years old. She likes to inspire others through storytelling.
High 5 by Maryana Munyendo
Brief Summary
Does your child have a safety network? The safety network has been used as a training tool for protective behaviors on body safety for a long time.
The adventures of Kito & Lulu mirror children’s everyday experiences, through which we can teach them about the Safety Network while helping them to identify adults who can listen, believe and help, whenever there is a problem.
History of Nairobi 1899-2012 From a R...
Brief Summary
History of Nairobi 1899-2012: From a Railway Camp and Supply Depot to a World-Class African Metropolis is the second book in the series, History of Kenyan Cities and Towns. The Series looks at the people and events that have shaped the cities’ and towns’ development and the broader impact they have had on Kenya’s development.
History of Nairobi 1899- 2012 follows the City’s origins as a Railway camp in 1899 to 2012 when the Country ushered in the devolved system of government and the Nairobi City Council was replaced by the Nairobi City County. As the Capital City and the seat of National Government, the history of Nairobi also provides a narrative of Kenya’s political development from the early days of the colony to the promulgation of the new Constitution in 2010.
Throughout the text, a large collection of photographs brings to life the evolution of the City in its formative 110 years.
ISBN:9789914702033
Author:Bethwell A Ogot and Madara Ogot
Profiles On Success by Helen Kithinji
Profiles On Success with Helen Kithinji: Proven Strategies from Today's Leading Experts.
Profiles on Success is a collection of some of the greatest authors in the personal development arena. These authors are sharing their proven success tactics, principles and strategies that can lead to your success in health, wealth, relationships and unlimited personal fulfillment.
This book will undoubtedly open your mind to your own unlimited potential and motivate you to take massive action to reach your dreams. Among other important leaders in their field you will find this noteworthy group sharing some important information about success, winning, attitude, and other important topics to help you improve and achieve personal and financial growth: Matt Morris-YOU make the rules! Johnny Wimbrey-The Psychology of Winning Ray Blanchard, Ph.D.-Essential Success
A Living Transformation Daven Michaels-Creating Your New Wealth and Freedom Lifestyle Mru Patel-Passion and Attitude Mikkel Pitzner-In Times of Struggle, We Often Become the Most Resourceful Bud Bilanich-The Biggest Myth about Career Success Austin Walsh-Fail. Fail. Fail. Fail. Succeed! Dr. Gather Williams II-God’s Greatest Gifts to Us Come in Ships—Relationships! Joel Therien-A Healthy Success Traci Williams-The Scarcity of Abundance
Soaring above the Pandemic Poetic Ech...
Millennial Voices East African Poetry...
Unfurling Stories and Poems by Pen Ad...
These stories and poems represent the creative work of authors and poets from all around Kenya who gather
together under the umbrella of Parklands Baptist Church.
The material ranges from fictionalized Bible stories, testimonies, and reflective pieces revolving around
biblical characters to general fiction and stories based on real- life experiences.
The People of Ostrich Mountain by Ndi...
Brief Summary
As the 1950s Mau Mau war breaks out in the foothills of Mt. Kenya, Wambũi, a fourteen-year-old girl leaves her besieged village to join a prestigious boarding school a half day’s journey away by train. There, she becomes aware of her extraordinary mathematical abilities discovered by her teacher, Eileen Atwood. Initially, Wambũi views Eileen’s attentions with suspicion and hostility, but over time, the two grow close and form a lifelong friendship. Unfortunately for Wambũi, the mid-twentieth century isn’t ready for a female math prodigy, particularly in Kenya.
But she quietly and defiantly takes on the obstacles seeking to define her, applying her unusual gifts in new directions, which ultimately benefits her impoverished family and inspires her siblings and their children to pursue their own dreams. After forty years in Kenya, Eileen unexpectedly loses her employment authorization and is forced to return to England, where she struggles to adjust to living in a country she barely recognizes. Meanwhile, Wambũi’s son, Ray, a doctor, navigates a fraught visa application process and travels to America to begin residency training; however, his hospital becomes insolvent and shuts down a year later. He and his colleagues are assimilated into other programs where, as foreign-born physicians, they endure relentless prejudice. As a black man, he also discovers that the streets of Chicago are sometimes quick to judge, with serious consequences.
A saga of family and friendship spanning five decades and three continents, 'The People of Ostrich Mountain' chronicles the interconnected lives of three outsiders as they navigate the vagaries of race, gender and immigration.
The Ogre An Anthology of Short Storie...
Brief Summary
From deception in leadership and relationships to the space of traditional cultural practices in independent Africa, the Ogre is a collection of short stories inspired by experiences in a modern Africa struggling to hold on to the age-old culture and traditions amidst the disruptions of modernity.
It chronicles the everyday challenges, conflicts, aspirations, happiness and failures in a quintessentially 21st-century African society.
Selfhood Divinity of the Clitoris by ...
What you need to know:
In his 802-page book: Selfhood; Divinity of the Clitoris, the retired minister of the Presbyterian Church of East Africa (PCEA) gives a rather revolutionary strategy to clean the Kenyan society of the vice in a country where one in three girls is at risk of the cut.
In his justification of the brazen title, Rev Njoya says he chose to use the word clitoris in its outright term to bring the message home to every man and woman on the effects of FGM.
Retired Rev. Timothy Njoya has taken a radical approach on ending Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in Kenya.
In his 802-page book: Selfhood; Divinity of the Clitoris, the retired minister of the Presbyterian Church of East Africa (PCEA) gives a rather revolutionary strategy to clean the Kenyan society of the vice in a country where one in three girls is at risk of the cut.
In his justification of the brazen title, Rev Njoya says he chose to use the word clitoris in its outright term to bring the message home to every man and woman on the effects of FGM.
PIECE OF MEAT
“Clitoris is made in the image of God and it is divine,” he explains.
“To cut a woman and remove the clitoris is like taking a woman for a piece of meat.”
But why is it so important that a clitoris remains in its whole?
Rev. Njoya has a divinity answer to that.
“A woman’s clitoris has more than 20,000 nerve endings, while a penis is wired with only 2,000 nerve endings,” he states.
“The clitoris is wired to pull 60kg of pelvic bones apart and pull them back. Without the nerve endings, the muscles cannot pull apart…that is why 20 per cent of Kenyan women die during child birth because their pelvic bones have nothing to pull them apart when they are circumcised.”
The Four Levels of Learning by Anthon...
Brief Summary
Would you like to bridge the knowing-doing gap by making the most of what you learn? The Four Levels of Learning tells you how. Presenting an application model that builds a case for learning for transformation not just for information, the author guides you in a process that helps you acquire, assimilate, and articulate learning in a manner that yields maximum application in all facets of your life.
Applied, The Four Levels of Learning will greatly reduce the execution gap—the gap between belief and behaviour, awareness and action.
Discover in this book how to:
•Develop to the hunger to learn to create momentum to grow
•Learn to change not just to know
•Teach another in order to learn better
•Make your learning count through application
Maasai women in transition: gender in...
Dance of the Monkeys by Ciku Kimeria
From the author of the well-acclaimed, unputdownable, Of Goats and Poisoned Oranges, comes this gripping mystery novel that will have you on the edge of your seat! A fancy Nairobi engagement party turns deadly. What is to be a special night for Mwende and her fiancé, Oti, takes an unexpected twist.
Private investigator, Wanjiru Mdaku, is in a race against time to find the culprit out to get Mwende, the daughter of the infamous local businessman, Al Capone wa County.
In trying to solve this mystery, Wanjiru Mdaku finds herself navigating treacherous waters of the Lamu drug world, county mafia, political rivalries, a well-connected megachurch and countless love triangles. Can our heroine solve this mystery before the culprit gets Mwende?
Travelling While Black By Nanjala Nya...
Travelling While Black: Essays Inspired by a Life on the Move.
What does it feel like to move through a world designed to limit and exclude you? What are the joys and pains of holidays for people of colour, when guidebooks are never written with them in mind? How are black lives today impacted by the othering legacy of colonial cultures and policies? What can travel tell us about our sense of self, of home, of belonging and identity? Why has the world order become hostile to human mobility, as old as humanity itself, when more people are on the move than ever?
Nanjala Nyabola is constantly exploring the world, working with migrants and confronting complex realities challenging common assumptions - both hers and others'. From Nepal to Botswana, Sicily to Haiti, New York to Nairobi, her sharp, humane essays ask tough questions and offer surprising, deeply shocking and sometimes funny answers. It is time we saw the world through her eyes.
Author: Nanjala Nyabola
Life Journeys Seeking Destiny: Conver...
This series presents conversations with a diverse group of Kenyans. Presented as photographic vignettes, the stories speak of the life journeys of those profiled and in so doing deliver nuggets of wisdom.
Appealing to all audiences, the series which takes a snap shot of societal progress is ultimately for generations to come: “for our children and their children’s children”. The books will surprise and inspire.
LIFE JOURNEYS – SEEKING DESTINY is the first in this collection. This book profiles life stories of 74 Kenyan women of substance and achievement. The stories were captured by a group of young, high potential women who also wish to heed their personal calls and shape their destiny.
For Love of Soysambu The Saga of Lord...
This dramatic story spans 122 years and highlights challenges faced by four generations of an initially British aristocratic family in Kenya, with Soysambu in the Great Rift Valley as its central focus. Initially a refuge for dying sheep, but more recently a Wildlife Conservancy and part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site, today Soysambu protects many rare and endangered species.
The saga begins in 1897 with the arrival of the Hon.
Hugh Cholmondeley, who walked over 1,000 kilometres into East Africa from Berbera. In 1902, after inheriting his title of 3rd Baron Delamere, he abandoned his grand Cheshire family home, Vale Royal, for a grass and mud hut in East Africa, where he befriended local Maasai and gradually built up a formidable reputation as a leading politician and pioneer. When he died in 1931, having sold off his Cheshire estates to fund his agricultural experiments, he was bankrupt.
His second wife, Gwladys, Mayor of Nairobi, was associated with the notorious Happy Valley clique, dragging her into the Lord Erroll murder trial in 1941.
Delamere's son, Thomas Cholmondeley, now 4th Baron Delamere, moved to Kenya after World War II to salvage his father's farms. Thomas, who was pro-independence, managed to turn Soysambu into a successful cattle ranch. His third wife, Diana, remained notorious for her affair with Lord Erroll at his time of murder, with many still believing she'd been his killer.
Following Thomas's death in 1979, his only son Hugh, now 5th Baron Delamere, took over Soysambu. His son, Tom Cholmondeley, faced increasing financial problems and pressure from land-hungry Kenyans, a situation exacerbated when he was charged with murder - twice.
After his incarcerations and eventual release, he was busy implementing his innovative ideas on Soysambu when he died unexpectedly on 24th August 2016 after hip surgery.
