Kenya

Books in this genre are set in or about Kenya.

A Grain of Wheat
Out of Africa
Unbowed
Circling the Sun
Petals of Blood
Wizard of the Crow
Dust
The River Between
One Day I Will Write About This Place: A Memoir
West with the Night
Weep Not Child
When Stars Are Scattered
The Flame Trees of Thika: Memories of an African Childhood
Imperial Reckoning: The Untold Story of Britain's Gulag in Kenya
Dreams in a Time of War

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