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Combatants is a historical book that narrates the events during Obote 2’s rule, the bush war of the National Resistance Army (NRA), the war in the north, and
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Season of Migration to the North features Mustafa Sa’eed as the main character and an unnamed narrator. The novel is set in Khartoum, Northern Sudan, where Mustafa was
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A Grain of Wheat tells the story of Kenya’s road to independence. During the state of emergency, bloodshed, brotherhood, betrayal, love, and survival are tested. As Uhuru celebrations
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Kintu tells the story of Kintu Kidda, who is cursed after committing an act on his way to the kingdom. The curse first manifests through the sudden death
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This powerful novel tells the story of a young woman, Jacinta Wariinga, as she struggles to find her voice and true self in post-colonial Kenya. A country that was
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The River Between explores the lives of the people in Kameno and Makuyu as they face the rise of Christianity and colonialism. Some resist this wave of change, while
Lessons on Purpose, Happiness, and the Meaning of Life from Africa’s Bakiga People
In this beautifully written and well-paced book, The Good Life in Traditional Africa, Dominic and Beatrice
