Ratings: Goodreads: 3.93/5 Overview: Mwambu will climb the mountain where he hopes to touch heaven, but his journey from naïve curiosity to adulthood will reveal unexpected contradictions as traditional values collide with western values. This is one of the many novels that portray African life in the post-colonial error, focusing on the Bagisu people of the eastern … [Read more...]

Ratings: Amazon: 4.3/5 Goodreads: 3.82/5 Overview: This book tells the moving story about the effects of the Mau Mau war on the lives of ordinary men and women in Kenya. In the forests, the Mau Mau are waging war against the white government, and two brothers, Kamau and Njoroge, and the rest of the family must decide where their loyalties lie. Published in the … [Read more...]

Ratings: Amazon: 5/5 stars Goodreads: 2.74/5 Google books: 3/5 Overview: It is a story that mainly focuses on a single mother, Hend, who moves from her homeland, Egypt to Flatbush Avenue, Brooklyn heights, Brooklyn along with her seven-year-old son. She does this to escape the emotional shackles of not only a failed marriage but also a restrictive family. So off … [Read more...]

Ratings: Goodreads: 3.4/5 Overview: Passing the time while he and his shipmates wait for the tide to turn, Marlow, a seaman, tells of his journey up the Congo, a journey in search of ivory, wealth and power. His tale is dominated by the distant but fascinating figure of Kurtz; worshipped and feared by invaders and natives alike, he is a paradox – beloved, Messianic, … [Read more...]

Ratings: Barnes and Noble: 4.6/5 Amazon: 4.5/5 Goodreads: 4.15/5 Overview: (According to Barnes and Noble) The classic story of life in Apartheid South Africa. Mark Mathabane was weaned on devastating poverty and schooled in the cruel streets of South Africa's most desperate ghetto, where bloody gang wars and midnight police raids were his rites of passage. … [Read more...]