Kenya

Books in this genre are set in or about Kenya.

A Grain of Wheat
Out of Africa
Unbowed
Circling the Sun
Dust
Petals of Blood
Wizard of the Crow
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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The Kenyan Constitution should never be taken as a personal property or something to grab.
DON SANTO

In Kenya, the opposition dies mysteriously. In Tanzania, they get detained. In Uganda, they just skip straight to dictatorship mode. And somehow, all this happens right before elections. Africa really loves its “democracy rehearsals.
Don Santo, Global Don: The Gospel of the Street Prophet

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