Book Review: A Boy Named Koko by Adipo Sidang
This is the second book by the award winning Kenyan author Adipo Sidang. It is about, well, a boy named Koko. It is an interesting read that takes one’s through the horrors of poverty and disability. But don’t worry, there’s a great ending to it. Koko is a boy living with albinism who has to […]
BOOK REVIEW: The Wall Speaks by Jerr Rrej
It is not arguable that most of the dysfunctions we found ourselves embroiled in in the current world is caused by the emasculation of the human male. The author of The Wall Speaks captures this truth is simple and kind language. Men are important for the order and growth of the earth, yet they are […]
My Take: Not Yet Uhuru by Jaramogi Oginga Odinga
So, where do I start? Jaramogi Oginga Odinga is a man not much talked about, as in, his ideologies have often been brushed aside by neo-historians as communist and a trouble-maker in the Kenyatta and Moi governments. Those who argue this way have not read his book or they outrightly don’t love the man. They […]
Book Review: A History of the Luo – Abasuba of Western Kenya from AD 1760 – 1940 by Henry Okello Ayot
This book is a run through the history of the tribes that came mostly from Uganda and settled in Kenya and Tanzania due to the conflict in their origin country. It is important to note that, Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania boundaries are the effects of British colonialism and that such didn’t exist in the past. […]
The Wall Speaks – A great book for masculine reawakening by Jerr Rrej
I remember sometime in early 2021, someone retweeted some words with a link to a blog on my Twitter timeline. The words were catchy, the blog, I read all the articles in a single night. Then I got to know the author, I followed him and put a reminder on my phone to always visit […]