A Virgilian guide leads the reader through postcolonial neighborhoods and slums of Nairobi, where skyscrapers and savannah coexist with traffic. Environmental protection defies the limits of survival, as it also happens to the city's inhabitants: waste recycling projects coincide with the recovery of the human condition of the waste pickers themselves, a recovery of dignity comparable to the attempt to restore a healthy ferinity to the now urbanized animals.Through a journey through...

Nairobi, 2077. A city shimmering with technological advancement, where skyscrapers pierce the sapphire sky and innovation pulsates through every fiber of its being. Yet, beneath this dazzling veneer of progress, a chilling metamorphosis unfolds, threatening to unravel the very fabric of humanity. Dr. Kamau, a celebrated geneticist, witnesses his groundbreaking therapy for inherited diseases twist into a terrifying nightmare as his patients succumb to grotesque mutations, their bodies conto...

Nairobi Noir brings together some of Kenya's most exciting and acclaimed writers, in this celebration of noir writing, played out on the streets of Nairobi. "Although the range of issues explored in Nairobi Noir is as diverse as its contributors, it all gestures toward a common theme. In this concrete jungle, the hunters and herders live on. As do the hunted..."- Peter Kimani, introduction Featuring brand new stories from: Ngugi wa Thiong'o, Stanley Gazemba, Ngumi Kibera, Peter Kimani, Win...

In Kenya, members of the 'White Sluts for Africa' club are recruited as undercover whores to fight drug dealers gangs operating in slums.As Onyango and Luo wandered deeper into the alley, the atmosphere shifted dramatically. The ground was littered with discarded condoms and empty alcohol bottles, proving the debauchery that took place daily. The flickering lights created a gritty vibe, and the sounds of muffled conversations mixed with the distant thump of music. They exchanged mi...

At a meat market in Kenya, rich French busty wives enjoy being pimped, used and degraded by natives night crew.Imani winked in response before leaning down and giving her a quick kiss while pinching an engorged nipple. The ravishing brunette married teacher moaned again, and before she knew it, he said,"I gotta go."Heloise parted her lips to protest, but the sound of Imani's footsteps receding and the slam of the door cut her off. Her new native pimp was gone, leavi...

The Adventures of Nairobi Raine is a book series that tells the story about the adventures of a precocious and curious baby named Nairobi. While still living inside her mother's womb, Nairobi's friend, Mr. All Knowing, takes her on numerous adventures to teach her about the world and the people in it. Through these explorations, she sees the beauty of life that awaits her.

Her managers treated her like she was an idiot and invisible. They expected her to ignore the unapologetic racial stereotyping and being passed over for promotion. They expected her to accept the coordinated and relentless persecution - perhaps they thought she was too ordinary, too weak to fight for justice. But they were wrong! She had a voice and an indomitable spirit.Almost British - Revisited reveals the negative and devastating effects of harassment, bullying and vic...

Ever wonder if your most challenging times were also your most alive?That's the question that haunts me as I revisit these essays about my street life as a prostitute. It was a chaotic mix of freedom, vulnerability, a million emotions swirling at once. Hated it, loved it – a constant push and pull. But maybe that's life, isn't it?A rollercoaster of love and hate, faith and doubt, even for those who seem to have it all figured out on the outside.In these essays, you'...

This extensive study of gender and trade in Nairobi is "a powerful contribution to African social, economic, and women's history. Highly recommended" ( Choice).Herskovitz Award–winner Claire Robertson employs a variety of approaches to analyze and weave together this wide-ranging study. Her book provides a case study of historical transformations in gender, agriculture, residence, and civil society. Based on archival documents, library sources (fiction and ...

The novel is about the human condition, healing, love, and forgiveness. It is about a woman who has been traumatized by the tragedy of the bombing, her husbands attempt to heal and rescue her, and a young man coming to terms with the death of one of his friends in the same tragedy.

This book considers twentieth and twenty-first century literary and cultural formations of the postcolonial city and the constitution of new subjects within it. Varma offers a reading of both historical and contemporary debates on urbanism through the filter of postcolonial fictions and the cultural fields surrounding and containing them. In particular, she presents a representational history of London, Nairobi and Bombay in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries and engages three key th...

In Kenya, in a remote tribal village, some 'Queen of spades' married teachers turns into free use sluts for a Massai tribe.As the initial shock of being grabbed subsided, Cecile found herself walking alongside the two ebony native boys, matching their pace. Their approving "good girl" echoed in her ears as they strolled through the corridor under the indifferent gazes of other commuters.The French bombshell teacher couldn't help but notice that no one seemed to bat an eye a...