Here are TOP 8 African and Kenyan books you should read to understand your cultural History.
1. Things fall apart by chinua Achebe
This arresting parable of a proud but powerless man witnessing the ruin of his people begins Achebe’s landmark trilogy of works chronicling the fate of one African community, and Okwonko falls to grass by ignoring his cultural obligations.
2. King Leopold’s Ghost by Adam Hochschild
King Leopold II of Belgium seized for himself the vast territory surrounding the Kongo River. He plundered resources, brutalized people, and ultimately slashed Kongo’s population by ten million. Genocide that nobody talks about.
3. The Concubine by Elechi Amadi
If you want to understand our cultural stories around “red-thigh” women, this is the book to read. Ihouma is admired by all in her village. Yet those who express their love for her meet with mysterious tragedy, leaving her devastated.
4. The Mine Boy by Peter Abrahams
Xuma travels from his village to look for a job in the gold mines. He lives in Malay Camp where he experiences stereotypes and institutions that discriminate against working-class black Africans. Exposes the condition of black Africans under a white rulers.
5. No longer at ease by Chinua Achebe
Obi Okonkwo, educated in Britain, returns to Nigeria for a job in the civil service. He finds a government of backhanders and corruption. He resists the bribes but one Mistake, One Sinks him into turmoil.
6. Weep not Child by Ngugi Wa Thiong’o
Ngotho narrates to his sons how he fought in World War I to bolster Britain’s victory only to come back home and find his family’s farm taken by colonialists. He is now a slave in his own family’s land and nd his culture is now abolished.
7. Wizard of the Crow by Ngugi Wa Thiong’o
The battle for control of the souls of the Aburĩrian people is mounted by His High Mighty Excellency; the eponymous Wizard, an avatar of folklore and wisdom; the corrupt Christian Ministry; and the nefarious Global Bank.
Two half-sisters, Effia and Esi, are born into different villages in Ghana. Effia is married off to an Englishman and lives in comfort. Esi is imprisoned and sold with thousands of others into the slave trade, and shipped off to America.
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