English In Kenya

A brief history of Kenya since independence and some of the major political and social developments which have taken place in the country during the post-colonial era. The author also looks at the significance of ethnicity and ethnic identities in the formation of Kenya as a nation. The geography of the country, focusing on provinces and other geographical aspects of the country, is also an important part of this study.

Cherice Meriwether, a devoted wife and mother, vanishes without a trace. For six agonizing days, her family, friends, and the authorities scramble to uncover what happened to her. Clues surface. Secrets unravel. Tensions rise. And just when the truth seems within reach—everything changes. On the sixth day, Cherice is found. But how, why, and in what condition? That depends on who’s telling the story. Vanished: Six Days in Seven Ways is a bold and immersive storytelling experience, crafted by seven different authors, each bringing their unique perspective to Cherice’s mysterious ...

When Victoria Caryll is offered a position at Flamingo, her aunt's family estate in Kenya's Rift Valley, she accepts - knowing full well that the move will give her a chance to see Eden DeBrett once again, the man she was previously engaged to. But she doesn't realize that coming to her aunt's home will introduce her to an unstable region still recovering from the bloody Mau Mau revolt, and to a household thrown into grief by a recent murder.

“One of the year’s must-reads.” –ELLE “[A] provocative, heart-breaking, and frequently hilarious collection.” –GLAMOUR “Essential, vital, and urgent.” –HARPER’S BAZAAR In the vein of Roxane Gay’s Bad Feminist and Issa Rae’s The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl...

GICHUNGE WA M'THIRUA AND JOEL KIREMA Long ago in Egypt, when people went to their farms in the community, they were assigned the amount of work to be accomplished by one within one day by the size of Ibuuti or steps to be cultivated in one day in order to be justified for payment as self-assurance. Ameru were gatherers and serious farmers in Egypt. Thus, when they left Egypt under pressure and in unfriendly circumstances, they carried with them various crops, plants and animals on their long and epic journey to Mboa (Manda Island Kenya). Among the crops and plants that they brought from ...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * How has a small nation of 9 million people, forced to fight for its existence and security since its founding and riven by ethnic, religious, and economic divides, proven resistant to so many of the societal ills plaguing other wealthy democracies? Why do Israelis...

As part of the Allied forces, thousands of Kenyans fought alongside the British in World War II. But just a few years after the defeat of Hitler, the British colonial government detained nearly the entire population of Kenya's largest ethnic minority, the Kikuyu. Caroline Elkins spent a decade in London, Nairobi, and the Kenyan countryside interviewing hundreds of Kikuyu men and women who survived the British camps, as well as the British and African loyalists who detained them. The result is an unforgettable account of the unraveling of the British colonial empire in Kenya.

CIVIC EDUCATION FOR YOUTH IN KENYA Introduction By Gichunge WA M’Thirua and Joel Kirema When many communities in a country are all well-informed and knowledgeable about what goes on in their good country and as there is peace, concord and harmony, the country is proud of its leaders. The leaders are the source of its legacy of tranquility and quietude, while citizens are free to criticize and get away with it. Nevertheless, many people ignore and take it for granted. Though, peace is a worthy legacy in a country. Peace fosters development in a country. In calmness and serenity, the ...

Mauricio Umansky, real estate mogul, longtime fan favorite of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, and star of his own Netflix series Buying Beverly Hills inspires budding entrepreneurs and self-starters of all backgrounds with tips and strategies to find success at work and at home. After more...

This digital, newly edited version of Malachite Lion can be considered a personal history, life actualizing travel memoir; an unplanned adventure, a modern odyssey that recounts the mysteries and paradoxes of East Africa. Follow Modlin as he journeys through the crowded, bustling streets of Nairobi, into the wilds of Masai Mara and Amboseli, to ancient, mystifying Mombasa, electrifying Malindi, and the sensuous Seychelles. His experiences as a scientist and academic have provided him with the skills to record his provocative observations, interactions, experiences, feelings and thoughts ...

Situated hundreds of miles from any other settlement, deep within the inhospitable desert of Northern Kenya, Dadaab is a city like no other. Its buildings are made from mud, sticks, or plastic; its entire economy is gray; and its citizens survive on rations and luck. Over the course of four years, Ben Rawlence became a firsthand witness to a strange and desperate limbo-land, getting to know many of those who have come there seeking sanctuary.

An "elegant and inspiring memoir" by the human rights activist who changed the minds of her elders, reformed traditions from the inside, and is creating a better future for girls and women throughout Africa (Sonia Faleiro, New York Times). Nice Leng`ete was raised in a Maasai village in Kenya...

By Tarcisio Gichunge WA M'Thirua Catholic Church was introduced in Kangeta Area, today the Headquarters of Igembe Central by Father Francesco Soldati in 1950’s. Sometimes in 1950’s Father Francesco Soldati arrived in Njia Location after he had sought permission to preach in the Northern Grazing Area of Igembe because the upper part of the Location had been reserved for the CMS (Protestants) all the way from Kangeta Town to Maua the Headquarters of the Church Missionary Society and the Colonizers from 1910’s. Father Soldati cleverly squeezed himself in-below the road from Meru Town to ...

INTRODUCTION By Gichunge WA M’Thirua The Europeans arrived in Kenyan Coast in AD 1840’s as Missionaries through John Rebmann and Doctor Ludwig Krapf who founded Protestant Missions in Mombasa in 1840’s. When British Colonizers arrived later, they started their settlements at the Coast and began their settlements in Giriamaland. By 1910, the British owned plantations in Giriamaland and they needed laborers to work in their plantations. In addition, the colonizers demanded taxes from the natives. No man had any courage to oppose “forced labor and taxes” from the colonizers other ...

Rev. Father Francesco Soldati, a Catholic missionary, born in Italy in 1921, came to Kenya in 1951 and arrived in Chuka Meru in the same year. He worked at Egoji mission up to August 1953 when he came to Tuuru mission, Igembe region in September 1953. Thereafter, he worked and lived in Igembe region for his entire life; converting people to Christianity; bringing development projects for the people of Igembe for over fifty years. He lived a holy life; entirely for Christ and served people of God faithfully till when he was crippled by malarial disease that forced him to be flown back to ...

AMERU KENYA BELIEVED IN GICHIARO BETWEEN CLANS INTRODUCTION By Gichunge WA M’Thirua and Joel Kirema M’Ringera – Coauthor Ameru are a community of Kenya who live in Meru County Kenya. Ameru were among communities created in the Middle East like other people and lived there until when races and communities dispersed due to various reasons. Ameru crossed the Red Sea and settled in Egypt (Eenji mbuuti/Diggers of holes when planting) for centuries when they escaped from the hard rule of the rulers. Ameru meandered in the wilderness of Nubia, Ethiopia, Congo, Rwanda, and through Tanzania to...

THUUTHIU AND KARIBULU (SOCIAL SCIENTISTS) OF AMERU Ameru since time immemorial lived to know, respect, and honor their God. The community believed in the existence of God and embraced the existence of the next world where they acknowledged that the dead lived nearer God. Thuuthiu and Karibulu (Social Scientists) were what connected the living communities and the societies with their dead relatives and friends. Ameru community never completely forgot their dead relatives. They invoked their dead in the name of God whom they believed had taken them to the next world near Him. They therefore, ...

By Gichunge WA M’Thirua and Joel Kirema M’Ringera Without farming and cultivation, the world population would never exist because humans live on food consumption, work and prayer. Without food, work and prayer there is no human existence. All humans live because they eat food and food is produced from farms by people who cultivate their farms to feed themselves and others after they have produced excess in their farms. From long ago Ameru of Kenya were farmers and builders of the Pyramids in Egypt the country of their origin after they had crossed the Red Sea from the Middle East where ...

Charming Stories of a Magical Childhood in East AfricaFor Rosalind, growing up in Kenya was an adventure-filled world in which risk-taking was actively encouraged while at play among some of the world's most amazing animals and larger-than-life people. Her adventures and encounters also have important lessons for today's youngsters and their parents. At the age of twelve, Rosalind was sent to boarding school in England, but when she flew home to Kenya for the holidays, she spent much of her time alone, exploring the outdoors. Rosalind was given far more freedom than most children are ...

As a member of the renowned Flying Doctors Service, Dr. Anne Spoerry treated hundreds of thousands of people across rural Kenya over the span of fifty years, earning herself the cherished nickname “Mama Daktari”—“Mother Doctor.” Yet few knew that what drove her from post-World War II...