Okello Oculi is one of East Africa's foremost and pioneering writers. Born in Uganda, his poetry ...

One of Kenya's most notable woman novelists, the author here tells a story for young children. A ...

A young physical therapist living in the cold and bleak of northern Canada longs for a new life, ...

The fortunes of a refugee family are traced against the the backdrop of Idi Amin's rule and the e...

A story set in a fictional Nigerian village and university environment. Oby struggles to lead a f...

An action-packed story designed to appeal to growing children. Young boys and a girl help the Pro...

Joseph Daniel Otiende, born in 1917, was a Kenyan nationalist, and a prominent figure in Kenya's ...

Olonana ole Mbatian, popularly known as Lenana, was one of the mostoutstanding Masai and Kenyan l...

The first of two volumes, these ten stories from the author's native Uganda, include tales of som...

This is the sixth title in a series of titles focussing on the oral literary tradition of various...

The eighteen poems deal with the eminent kenyan writers politicalcommitment. She always seeks to ...

The well-known Kenyan woman writer here tells an exciting story for young readers. The title is o...

The East African Publishing House published three classic books in the 1960s on the origins of ce...

A complex social web forms the backdrop to this novel - the story of a man and two wives, one leg...

In what has become known as Africa's 'second liberation', there has been a renewed drive from wit...

A sequel to the bestselling The Son of Woman, written in Mangua's now familiar engaging, cynical ...

Poet, philosopher and artist, these poems from the distinguished Ugandan writer won the 1972 Keny...

This is a fictional account of a young Kenyan man who is the trusted home guard and bodyguard of ...

The inaccessibility of biomedicine to most of Africa's population because of escalating costs has...

Six short stories for young children, each with an illustration, are designed to encourage readin...

The events of this novel are played out against a background of tension and contradiction between...

An anthology of three stories, among them one about an island which has both diamonds and gold. B...

One day the king's men are out hunting and find Igreka, starving and neglected to such a degree t...

The second volume of stories from Uganda contains more stories of animals and the human world, pa...

This is a symbolic story of a fictitious African state, ruined by poor leadership and corruption ...

The author's father was a Kenyan nationalist detained by the British. And thus his son was unable...

This high-drama novel tells of a dream in which two friends visit Gehenna, the kingdom of Satan L...

Three Kenyan academics address educational psychology, as a major aspect of education as such. Us...

Nkemdilim has confronted the rigours, humiliations and triumphs of pursuing a doctoral degree in ...

Peter Enahoro wrote a famously funny book, The Complete Nigerian, and the follow-up How to be a N...

This is the only dictionary that focuses on Kiswahili synonyms. Drawing from all aspects of life,...

In a similar mode to How to be a Kenyan, the author takes a comic look at what it takes to be an ...

The work is organised into sections on: global perspectives on capital markets; stock exchanges a...

Rebecca deceives herself that she is a sophisticated modern woman. Her story is a portrait of her...

This is the first novel from an academic critic of African literature. It is a chequered account ...

An instant success and bestseller in Kenya, which ran into 6 reprints, this prize-winning novel m...

A further new title in this series on East African oral literature, considering East African-Indi...

This is the first full-length book from a young writer from The Gambia. She has previously writte...

This racy novel is about two beautiful girls in Mombasa seeking the good life. Their passions for...

Destiny bundles Fred in jail, in the company of a former judge, a Member of Parliament, a priest,...

Since around the fourteenth century this heroic narrative has been handed down the generations or...

Marjorie Oludhe Macgoye, the well-known Kenyan writer, is established as an important African wom...

Kenya is suddenly rocked by a mysterious wave of high-level murders. Who is behind it? and why ar...

In 1996, only five African countries had internet connectivity. In 2001, all the countries on the...

Swahili for Foreigners has been developed to help the non-native speaker learn the language syste...

Is polygamy moral? Should the Church marry and bless polygamists? Should Europe and America legal...

This is the story of Wangui, a young girl whose adventure starts in a canoe on the dangerous drag...

Set against the background of the spread of Aids, this novel tells the story of a venereologist i...