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Africa My Passion

Africa My Passion
  • Author(s): Corinne Hofmann
  • Location(s): Nairobi, Namibia
  • Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
  • Era(s): Modern

In a compelling personal pilgrimage, Corinne Hofmann, author of the global bestseller The White Masai, delves into the slums of Nairobi to uncover the heart-warming and heart-breaking stories of unforgettable people and places, then treks 500 miles across the...

Deepest Doors

Deepest Doors
  • Author(s): Paul Winters
  • Location(s): Azerbaijan, Kenya
  • Genre(s): Thriller
  • Era(s): Modern

Two sets of fugitives Two sets of enemies One bizarre encounter When a chance collision with a beautiful woman in Central Park results in a head injury, international business consultant James McBride’s perfectly structured and rote life suddenly begins...

Running with the Kenyans

Running with the Kenyans
  • Author(s): Adharanand Finn
  • Location(s): Iten, Kenya
  • Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
  • Era(s): Modern

After years of watching Kenyan athletes win the world’s biggest races, from the Olympics to big city marathons, Runner’s World contributor Adharanand Finn set out to discover just what it was that made them so fast – and to...

The People of Ostrich Mountain

The People of Ostrich Mountain
  • Author(s): Ndirangu Githaiga
  • Location(s): Kenya
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1950s

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...

A Grain of Wheat

A Grain of Wheat
  • Author(s): Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o
  • Location(s): Kenya
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1960s

A masterly story of myth, rebellion, love, friendship and betrayal from one of Africa’s great writers, Ngugi wa Thiong’o’s A Grain of Wheat includes an introduction by Abdulrazak Gurnah, author of By the Sea, in Penguin Modern Classics. It...

African Diary

African Diary
  • Author(s): Bill Bryson
  • Location(s): Kenya
  • Genre(s): Travelogue
  • Era(s): 2002

Bill Bryson goes to Kenya at the invitation of CARE International, the charity dedicated to working with local communities to eradicate poverty around the world. Kenya, generally regarded as the cradle of humankind, is a land of stunning landscapes,...

An African Love Story: Love, Life and Elephants

An African Love Story: Love, Life and Elephants
  • Author(s): Daphne Sheldrick
  • Location(s): Kenya, Tsavo East National Park
  • Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Daphne Sheldrick’s best-selling love story of romance, life and elephants, An African Love Story: Love, Life and Elephants is an incredible story from Africa’s greatest living conservationist. A typical day for Daphne involves rescuing baby elephants from poachers; finding...

Born Free

Born Free
  • Author(s): Joy Adamson
  • Location(s): Kenya
  • Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
  • Era(s): Mid 20th Century

Fifty years ago Joy Adamson first introduced to the world the story of her life alongside Elsa the lioness, whom she had rescued as an orphaned cub, and raised at her home in Kenya. But as Elsa had been...

Breath of Africa

Breath of Africa
  • Author(s): Jane Bwye
  • Location(s): Kenya
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): 1950's - 1980's

Despite troubled times, Kenya moves on in hope, epitomised in this book, which can be read as a love story, a psychological thriller, or as an exploration into the interactions of people of different races. Superstition and Christian faith...

Catching Lightning

Catching Lightning
  • Author(s): Katie Stephens
  • Location(s): Kenya
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern

You never know where or when lightning will strike, but when it happens on a trip back to Kenya to bury your parents you know the timing isn’t great. Mel has spent the past 14 years resenting her parents...

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