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Okello Oculi is one of East Africa's foremost and pioneering writers. Born in Uganda, his poetry belongs to the same school as that of Okot p'Bitek and Joseph Brunga. It is a school that seeks to...

An action-packed story designed to appeal to growing children. Young boys and a girl help the Professor rescue a mysterious black briefcase.Author: Juma BustaniPublisher: East African Educ. Publ...

The parents of a young man, Pongo, are captured by unknown people. Pongo and his Uncle Talema go in search of them, bringing on many troubles, escapes and rescues. In the end the rescue is made,...

In 1996, only five African countries had internet connectivity. In 2001, all the countries on the continent had connectivity, and in the early part of the twenty- first century, Africa has...

The well-known Kenyan woman writer here tells an exciting story for young readers. The title is one in a series developed to meet the supplementary reading needs of secondary level pupils, and to...

This is the first full-length book from a young writer from The Gambia. She has previously written articles for, and edited a magazine for young people in The Gambia. She won an International Poetry...

Destiny bundles Fred in jail, in the company of a former judge, a Member of Parliament, a priest, a doctor, and other pillars of society. The author is a well-established novelist and he delivers a...

The East African Publishing House published three classic books in the 1960s on the origins of certain events among people and in the animal kingdom. The books have been long out-of-print and are now...

The East African Publishing House published three classic books in the 1960s on the origins of certain events among people and in the animal kingdom. The books have been long out-of-print and are now...

The East African Publishing House published three classic books in the 1960s on the origins of certain events among people and in the animal kingdom. The books have been long out-of-print and are now...

The author has undertaken extensive research in oral literature and is the author of A Dictionary of Oral Literature. Here he uses an anthological approach to examine the various genres of oral...

This is a fictional account of a young Kenyan man who is the trusted home guard and bodyguard of a white farmer. The fight to free Kenya of thecolonialists rule is on, and the Mau Mau are the...

Nkemdilim has confronted the rigours, humiliations and triumphs of pursuing a doctoral degree in the US. Now he returns home to different challenges in the recently independent, mythical West African...

Marjorie Oludhe Macgoye, the well-known Kenyan writer, is established as an important African woman's voice. Her novel explores further aspects of the making of modern Kenya. Two women, one white and...

Peter Enahoro wrote a famously funny book, The Complete Nigerian, and the follow-up How to be a Nigerian. In similar mode, a Kenyan writer has produced a series of hilarious essays about what it...

In a similar mode to How to be a Kenyan, the author takes a comic look at what it takes to be an African lady and what an African lady should do when faced with certain situations. Thirty hilarious...

One day the king's men are out hunting and find Igreka, starving and neglected to such a degree that they are unsure whether he is human or animal. Igeraka soon falls in love with the king's...

Three Kenyan academics address educational psychology, as a major aspect of education as such. Using local experiences and contemporary psychology perspectives, the authors introduce the subject...

Joseph Daniel Otiende, born in 1917, was a Kenyan nationalist, and a prominent figure in Kenya's fight for independence. He was a cabinet minister in the first independence government contributing to...

This is the only dictionary that focuses on Kiswahili synonyms. Drawing from all aspects of life, the authors have collated over 14,000 entries, many of which have varying numbers of synonyms. The...

Six short stories for young children, each with an illustration, are designed to encourage reading for pleasure. The stories, from an established author, tell their own moral tales.Author: David G...

An anthology of three stories, among them one about an island which has both diamonds and gold. But this island is uninhabited and the King of the country decides to journey to it through a dangerous...

This is the first novel from an academic critic of African literature. It is a chequered account of growing up in post- independence Africa as profiled in the life and times of Kosiya Kifefe. Through...

Kenya is suddenly rocked by a mysterious wave of high-level murders. Who is behind it? and why are the Cabinet being targeted? Christopher Mathenge sets out to find the answers, and finds himself in...

This is the story of Wangui, a young girl whose adventure starts in a canoe on the dangerous dragon-filled lake near her village. Unable to escape from the canoe she drifts until she reaches a small...

An anthology of four stories, among them one about the Bat's burial; which was turned into a big event despite the fact that Bat was unknown to other animals.Author: E. GetaguthiPublisher: East...

This high-drama novel tells of a dream in which two friends visit Gehenna, the kingdom of Satan Lucifer. They have hair-raising experiences in the macabre extra-terrestrial world.Author: K. Wa...

The second volume of stories from Uganda contains more stories of animals and the human world, passing on the bounty of African folklore. Hare and Tortoise, two firm favourites, here vie for the...

This is one of the most stirring tales from the folklore of East and Central Africa. Mugasha is a deity-king who harness natural elements and uses them to recapture the usurped kingdom of his father...

The eighteen poems deal with the eminent kenyan writers political commitment. She always seeks to infuse her poetic statements with optimism. The poems are addressed trenchantly to such issues as the...