Nairobi in the 1990s. Three families. Their lives interweave as the find themselves living across from each other in an idyllic middle-class neighbourhood, Malaba Estate, South B. As the decade charges on, their lives begin to show similarities in the secrets they keep and the mistakes they make. Funny. Thought-provoking. Surprising. Endearing. This is a coming of age story about friendship in all of its varied shades and intrigues. It is the kind of story that you try to savour only to gallop through the pages -- enchanted by characters, gripped by the authorʼs enticing style. Makena Maganjo is definitely a worthy addition to the corpus of African writers, and South Bʼs Finest is a fine work of art! DR. JOYCE NYAIRO Source: Publisher

ISBN-13: 9781922355034

ISBN-10: 1922355038

Language: English

Publisher: Tablo Pty Limited

Year: 2019

Pages: 292

Cataloged: Dec. 4, 2024, 11:04 a.m.

Anthills of the Savannah is a 1987 novel by Nigerian writer Chinua Achebe. It was his fifth novel, first published in the United Kingdom 21 years after Achebe's previous one, and was credited with having "revived his reputation in Britain". Wikipedia

ISBN-13: 9789966463753

ISBN-10: 9966463755

Language: English

Publisher: East African Educational Publishers

Year: 1987

Pages: 233

Cataloged: Dec. 4, 2024, 9:38 a.m.

This anthology brings together a variety of short stories from Africa and other parts of the world. A rigorous and informed selection has ensured that it combines the confidence of classic with freshness that contemporary writers bring to their craft. The collection is a grain-store of memories that seek to entertain, provoke, empower and educate. The themes are as wide ranging as the authors' backgrounds but they share a common belief - enhancing values and integrity in today's society in an effort to preserve human and social dignity. The short story is probably the world's secret weapon in the way that the oral culture is interwoven into the written text, to be enjoyed for education as well as good read.

ISBN-13: 9789966349705

ISBN-10: 9966349707

Language: English

Publisher: Moran Publishers

Year: 2016

Pages: 164

Cataloged: Dec. 4, 2024, 9:29 a.m.

In 'White Egrets', Derek Walcott treats his characteristic subjects - the Caribbean's complex colonial legacy, the Western artistic tradition, the blessings and withholdings of old Europe (Andalucia, the Mezzogiorno, Amsterdam), the unaccomodating sublime of the new world, and more. Source: Publisher

ISBN-13: 9780571254736

ISBN-10: 057125473X

Language: English

Publisher: Faber & Faber

Year: 2010

Pages: 89

Cataloged: Dec. 4, 2024, 9:26 a.m.

As orator, writer, and abolitionist leader, Frederick Douglass was one of the most powerful voices for freedom in the U.S. His autobiographies have shaped our view of slavery. Now, in a majestic new biography, McFeely goes behind Douglass' skillfully created public image to bring readers for the first time a full portrait of this commanding figure.

ISBN-13: 9780393028232

ISBN-10: 0393028232

Language: English

Publisher: Norton

Year: 1991

Pages: 465

Cataloged: Dec. 4, 2024, 9:21 a.m.

Hitherto the human rights debate in Africa has concentrated on the legal and philosophical. The author, Professor of Law at the University of Dar es Salaam, here moves the debate to the social and political planes. He attempts to reconceptualise human rights ideology from the standpoint of the working people in Africa. He defines the approach as avoiding the pitfalls of the liberal perspective as being absolutist in viewing human rights as a central question and the rights struggle as the backbone of democratic struggles. The author maintains that such a study cannot be politically neutral or intellectually uncommitted. Both the critique of dominant discourse and the reconceptualisation are located within the current social science and jurisprudential debates. Source: Publisher

ISBN-13: 9781870784023

ISBN-10: 1870784022

Language: English

Publisher: Codesria Book Series

Year: 1989

Pages: 126

Cataloged: Dec. 4, 2024, 9:17 a.m.

A thought-provoking and important book that raises essential issues crucial not only for our past but also the present day. In this panoramic history, Jeremy Black tells how slavery was first developed in the ancient world, and reaches all the way to present day and the contemporary crimes of trafficking and bonded labour. He shows how slavery has taken many forms throughout history and across the world - from the uprising of Spartacus, the plantations of the Indies, and the murderous forced labour of the gulags and concentration camps. Slavery helped consolidated transoceanic empires and helped mould new world societies such as America and Brazil. In the Atlantic trade, Black also looks at the controversial area of how complicit the African peoples were in the trade. He then charts the long fight for abolition in the 19th century, including both the campaigners as well as the lost voices of the slaves themselves who spoke of their misery. Finally, as Black points out, slavery has not been completely abolished today and coerced labour can be found closer to home than is comfortable. Source: Publisher

ISBN-13: 9781849017329

ISBN-10: 1849017328

Language: English

Publisher: Hachette UK

Year: 2011

Pages: 336

Cataloged: Dec. 4, 2024, 12:02 a.m.

"One of the most informative books about contemporary African life that I have read." Alice Walker. Source: Publisher Second Class Citizen is a 1974 novel by Nigerian writer Buchi Emecheta. It was published in London, England, by Allison and Busby and subsequently in the United States in 1975 by George Braziller. Wikipedia

ISBN-13: 9780006145172

ISBN-10: 0006145175

Language: English

Publisher: Fontana Press

Year: 1977

Pages: 192

Cataloged: Dec. 3, 2024, 7:33 p.m.

Tells the classic story of the Zulu hero Chaka. Source: Publisher Chaka is the third and final novel by Lesotho writer Thomas Mofolo. Written in Sesotho, it is a mythic fictional retelling of the story of the rise and fall of the Zulu emperor-king Shaka. Following its first publication in 1925, it was published in English translation in 1931. Wikipedia

ISBN-13: 9780435902292

ISBN-10: 0435902296

Language: English

Publisher: Heinemann

Year: 1981

Pages: 168

Cataloged: Dec. 3, 2024, 7:30 p.m.