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The Forgotten Pioneer: A true family story set in East Africa
- Location(s): Kenya
- Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
- Era(s): Contemporary
“My grandfather was one of the first white men to set foot in Kenya when it was a newly discovered, barren and dangerous place. Neither he or his family ever imagined that he would fall under the spell of...
- Location(s): Nairobi
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): 1903 and 1953
A haunting, heartbreaking and unforgettable novel of a woman married to a man she can never love, and drawn to another who will capture her heart forever… When eighteen year old Iris Johnson is forced to choose between marrying...
- Location(s): Kenya
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): 1920s/1930s
Sweeping, evocative and sumptuously told, The Hunters is a dramatic coming-of-age story, a complex portrayal of first love and family loyalty and a passionate reimagining of the Happy Valley set in all their glory and notoriety. Theo Miller is...
- Location(s): Kenya
- Genre(s): Folklore
- Era(s): Modern
LONGLISTED FOR THE 2021 INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE A dazzling, genre-defying novel in verse, full of trial and sacrifice, The Perfect Nine is a glorious epic about the founding of Kenya’s Gikuyu people and the ideals of beauty, courage and...
- Location(s): Nairobi, Africa, Kenya, Scottish Highlands
- Era(s): N/A
Lauren St John’s stunning Christmas classic is about forgotten children, the power of nature to heal us and a girl who will climb mountains in search for a place to call home. Growing up in vibrant, crowded Nairobi, Makena...
- Location(s): Lake Naivasha, Manhattan
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 1930s, contemporary
To the outside world, Electra D’Aplièse seems to be the woman with everything: as one of the world’s top models, she is beautiful, rich and famous. Yet beneath the veneer, Electra’s already tenuous control over her state of mind...
- Location(s): Nairobi, Melbourne, Surrey, Tanzania
- Genre(s): Comedy
- Era(s): Contemporary
Book two of the comedy series about the progress of Curates Chris Duncan, Ellie, Ravi and youth worker Mike who are largely going their separate ways geographically in book two. The Archdeacon’s (A.D) eldest daughter Eve is to spend...
- Location(s): Kenya
- Genre(s): Travelogue
- Era(s): 1980s
Are you ready to take a walk on the seriously wild side? In the early 1980s, John Pakenham walked a total of 1,500 miles, with a series of companions from the local Turkana and Samburu tribes and their long-suffering...
- Location(s): Kenya
- Genre(s): Children
- Era(s): contemporary
Ben and his mother, a documentary film-maker, are embarking on a trip to his father’s homeland of Kenya. Ben is terrified he won’t be accepted by his estranged Maasai family, particularly as he has a crippling and shameful fear...
- Location(s): Kenya
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 1950s
Weep Not, Child is a moving novel about the effects of the Mau Mau uprising on the lives of ordinary men and women, and on one family in particular. Two brothers, Njoroge and Kamau, stand on a garbage heap...
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