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I Dreamed of Africa

I Dreamed of Africa
  • Author(s): Kuki Gallmann
  • Location(s): Kenya
  • Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
  • Era(s): 1970s

‘Often, at the hour of day when the savannah grass is streaked with silver, and pale gold rims the silhouettes of the hills, I drive with my dogs up to the Mukutan, to watch the sun setting behind the...

Malaika

Malaika
  • Author(s): Van Heerling
  • Location(s): Kenya
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern

Thomas has left his turbulent life in the States and made his new home in Kenya. His encounter with lioness Malaika on the edge of the Serengeti could have signalled his death, but what evolves is a spiritual bond...

Mission

Mission
  • Author(s): Philip Spires
  • Location(s): Kenya
  • Genre(s): Fiction

Michael, a missionary priest in Kenya, has just killed Munyasya, a retired army officer. It might have been an accident, but Mulonzya, a politician resentful of the power of foreign churches, tries to exploit the tragedy for his own...

Nairobi Heat

Nairobi Heat
  • Author(s): Mukoma Wa Ngugi
  • Location(s): Nairobi
  • Genre(s): Crime
  • Era(s): Modern

It’s big news when African peace activist Joshua Hakizimana – famous for saving hundreds of people from Rwandan genocide – accepts a position at the University in Madison, Wisconsin. Then a young girl is found murdered on his doorstep....

The Clouds Beneath the Sun

The Clouds Beneath the Sun
  • Author(s): Mackenzie Ford
  • Location(s): Kenya
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1961

Kenya, 1961. As a small plane carrying Nathalie Nelson lands at a remote airstrip in the Serengeti, Nathalie knows she’s run just about as far as she can from home. Trained as an archaeologist, she has fought hard to...

The Flame Trees Of Thika

The Flame Trees Of Thika
  • Author(s): Elspeth Huxley
  • Location(s): Kenya
  • Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
  • Era(s): Early 20th Century

When Elspeth Huxley’s pioneer father buys a remote plot of land in Kenya, the family sets off to discover their new home: five hundred acres of Kenyan scrubland, infested with ticks and white ants, and quavering with heat. What...

The Honey Guide

The Honey Guide
  • Author(s): Richard Crompton
  • Location(s): Nairobi
  • Genre(s): Crime
  • Era(s): Modern

Meet Mollel, a former Maasai warrior whose beloved wife died in the bombing of the US embassy in Nairobi. Mollel has been assigned to the investigation of the brutal murder of a local prostitute. Despite the resistance of his...

Wanderers

Wanderers
  • Author(s): Edward Belfar
  • Location(s): Baltimore, Kenya, Rome
  • Genre(s): Short Stories
  • Era(s): Modern

A collection of short stories that focus exquisitely on humanity.

Wrapped Up In You

Wrapped Up In You
  • Author(s): Carole Matthews
  • Location(s): Maasai Mara
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Romance
  • Era(s): Modern

A Christmas fling, or has Janie found the real thing? Thirty-something hairdresser Janie Johnson’s single status is a constant source of gossip for her friends and clients. So after too many nights in with her cat, a blind date...

The White Masai

The White Masai
  • Author(s): Corinne Hofmann
  • Location(s): Kenya, Maasai Mara
  • Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
  • Era(s): 1980s

At once a hopelessly romantic love story, a gripping adventure yarn and a fine piece of social anthropology, White Masai is a compulsive read. Whilst on holiday Corinne Hoffman fell in love with a Masai warrior. After overcoming all...

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