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
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Armchair travel: Africa
79 books — 6 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

The Frontlines of Peace by Severine AutesserreBlack Hawk Down by Mark BowdenMy War Gone By, I Miss It So by Anthony LoydA Capitalist in North Korea by Felix AbtSketches from the Periphery by M.P. Summers
Conflict-Zone Journalism
285 books — 144 voters
Blood River by Tim ButcherDark Star Safari by Paul TherouxSo Many Africas by Jill KandelKilimanjaro and Beyond by Barry FinlayJourney Without Maps by Graham Greene
Adventure Travel & Exploration In Africa
226 books — 120 voters


If you reach a point where you have to kill the people opposing you, just know you've failed as a leader. True leadership inspires change, not fear. If you must kill to silence dissent, you've already lost the moral ground. ...more
Carson Anekeya

Kenya has been rightly branded a “haven of missions.” However, this haven only emerged in the early 20th century, which is late compared to other missionary activities in West and South Africa. Though there had been Christian missionary activities as early as the 15th Century, their impact was short-lived, and Christianity had to be ‘reintroduced’ in the late 19th Century. Many missionary groups surged onto the Kenyan soil early in the 20th Century in a manner not witnessed among its neighbourin ...more
Susan Murimi

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