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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Seasons in Hippoland (The Africa List)
No Edges: Swahili Stories
Nightbloom by Peace Adzo MedieA spell of good things by Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀Hangman by Maya BinyamMaame by Jessica GeorgeRiver Spirit by Leila Aboulela
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101 books — 7 voters
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226 books — 120 voters

Petals of Blood by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'oOne Day I Will Write About This Place by Binyavanga WainainaThe River Between by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'oNairobi Heat by Mũkoma wa NgũgĩDance of the Jakaranda by Peter Kimani
Kenyan Authors
12 books — 5 voters

Beneath the Lion's Gaze by Maaza MengisteMaps by Nuruddin FarahThe Shadow King by Maaza MengisteNotes from the Hyena's Belly by Nega MezlekiaThe Conscript by Gebreyesus Hailu
Reading the Horn of Africa
38 books — 9 voters


“ Pentecostals cannot afford to ignore the practical situations that Kenyan masses find themselves in at the dawn of the 21st Century. They are obliged to come up with theologies that are local in character in response to local concerns ”
― Susan Murimi

John Rachel
“ The spring breeze felt like the warm breath of a child on Kumiko’s face. It played delicately with her hair like tiny fingers, and made the trees whisper a breathless song. ”
― John Rachel, Love Connection: Romance in the Land of the Rising Sun

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