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
West with the Night
One Day I Will Write About This Place: A Memoir
Weep Not Child
When Stars Are Scattered
Imperial Reckoning: The Untold Story of Britain's Gulag in Kenya
The Flame Trees of Thika: Memories of an African Childhood
Dreams in a Time of War

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12 books — 5 voters
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Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor
We lamented the fact that Kenyans are on the whole, so unchic.
Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor, Weight of Whispers

The year the Europeans seized Jomo Kenyatta (1952), Chepusepa and I were sharing our homestead with Arimo, a Teso, who was a headman of the local road crew. One day, Arimo's son found an ostrich's nest between Amudat and Katabok, while he was watching cattle. There were six eggs, and both of our cowherds took one. The brought the two eggs to our home and put them in the ashes near the fire. After two weeks, they hatched. I remember the baby ostriches walking about, eating millet and stones. Arim ...more
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