Moses

by Barbara Kimenye, Réna Fennessy (Illustrator)

Moses Kibaya had just been expelled from his sixth school. Quite a record for a fifteen-year-old, he felt, and in a way he was rather proud of it. Infact, his only worry was what his Uncle Silasi was going to do about it...

He soon finds out. And with his arrival at his seventh school, Mukibi's Educational Institute for the Sons of African Gentlemen, Moses' trouble really begin.

Moses, by Ugandan author Barbara Kimenye, was the first title to appear in the Oxford Library for Eastern Africa, a series that is being published locally by Oxford University Press to help provide a wide choice of reading matter for students in secondary schools, and also for the general reader.

Moses' second adventure is related in Moses and Mildred.

81 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1968

About the author

Barbara Kimenye (19 December 1929 – 12 August 2012), was one of East Africa's most popular and best-selling children's authors. Her books sold more than a million copies, not just in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania, but throughout English-speaking Africa. She wrote more than 50 titles and is best remembered for her Moses series, about a mischievous student at a boarding school for troublesome boys.

A prolific writer widely regarded as "the leading writer of Children's literature in Uganda", Barbara Kimenye was among the first Anglophone Ugandan women writers to be published in Central and East Africa. Her stories were extensively read in Uganda and beyond and were widely used in African schools. Kimenye was born in England, but by her own admission considered herself Ugandan

Reviews

[Lizzie]

How do I open this book? I can't read it

[Sarah Kiboi · Rating 4 out of 5]

50+ years on and still in print for a reason. This is so much fun and such an easy read it should be required reading.
Holy Moses and King Kong are a perfect pair of funny, ridiculous and cheeky teenage boys living through boarding school.
After this, I'm set to read all the books in the Moses series, alternating between English and Kiswahili.

Lost one star for dialogue (based on personal opinion as an East African)

[Sheila Mbadi · Rating 5 out of 5]

Reading "Moses" by Barbara Kimenye again and wow - what a throwback! I hadn't picked this up since I was a kid, and reading it now as an adult was such a fun ride. I kept cracking up at Moses and King Kong's antics, though I definitely felt bad for them sometimes too. Kimenye really knew how to tell a story! Loved how it ended, and I can't wait to dive into the next book in the series.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

[Ctfy Ents]

Really interesting

[Mànkātø Pátchêriąn · Rating 4 out of 5]

Interesting to read

[J Kuria]

The worst thing Goodreads ever did was restrict the ability to add new books.

This is a stand-in for Moses in a Muddle.

[Polly Wanjiru]

Cant read because the book is not opening