Ndoto ya Amerika

by Ken Walibora

A novel.

48 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2001

About the author

Ken Walibora Waliaula held a Ph.D. in Comparative Cultural Studies from the Ohio State University, USA. He served as an Assistant Professor of African Languages and Literature at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA. His research interests cover culture,memory,trauma,world literature, postcolonial literature, Anglophone African continental and diasporic literatures,and Swahiliphone literature. He is a prolific Kiswahili fiction writer with a literary oeuvre exceeding thirty titles and has won several awards. He won the Jomo Kenyatta Literature Prize twice with his Swahili texts, Ndoto ya Amerika (An American Dream)in 2003 and Kisasi Hapana(No to Revenge)in 2009. He had published a number of book chapters and articles in academic journals including Research in African Literatures and Journal of the Association of African Literature(JALA),and Journal of African Language Teachers Association(JALTA) and Masculinity in African Cultural and Literary Texts. He was working on a book project addressing the literature of Kenyan political prisoners.

Reviews

[Olivia Reedy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Ni vizuri sana! Nilipenda kusoma kitabu hiki.

[Mo · Rating 3 out of 5]

Great book for kids - a lesson repeatedly emphasized by a parent, a headstrong child, a foolish decision and the ensuing consequences.

Also weaves in the narrative of the “American dream” the way the great west is portrayed to the African child as the land of luxury; contrasted with the same mentality between rural and urban life in Africa.

[collins]

Great book

[Rodgerson Gisemba]

Ndoto ya Amerika ni hadithi ambayo imetungwa kwa ufundi na usanifu wa hali ya juu zaidi. Kinasisimua si haba.

[Bravin Wandabwa · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nice one

[Robert Mutupa · Rating 5 out of 5]

Ndoto ya amerika ni hadithi ya kusisimua sana iliyoandikwa na mwandishi maarufu ken walibora.

[Kinya Bazongo · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good

[Kevin · Rating 5 out of 5]

Awesome read

[Gilbert Gooner]

Good

[Derrick]

I want to read