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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Kachifo Limited
4 books — 1 voter
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239 books — 93 voters

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East Africa
252 books — 100 voters
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57 books — 17 voters


Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr.
There is a lot of money in Africa. There’s a lot of value being created by the people of Africa, from Egypt to Ghana to Zambia and everywhere in between. Ideas are flowing from African minds, innovations are emerging from African intellect, African businesses are providing solutions and valuable products and services. We are seeing it now and we will see it even more as the century progresses. As an investor, I’m putting big bets on Africa.
Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr

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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