Day 11 of posting Kenyan books on the timeline: Once There Was a Star by Meshack Yobby. "What happened to the five-pointed star, the dream of a greater country? My brother, that dream died the day Afweyne decided to use clans against each other to protect himself.” ❤️

Day 12 of posting Kenyan books on the timeline: Kifo Kisimani by Kithaka wa Mberia. "Mtukufu Kiongozi Mwema. Tatizo hilo nimelitatua kikamilifu. Hawataandamana tena. Bila shaka siyo hivi karibuni. Hivi sasa wanafikiria zaidi usalama wao kuliko porojo za siasa." ❤️

Day 13 of posting Kenyan books on the timeline: One Day I Will Write about This Place by Binyavanga Wainaina. Binyavanga won the 2002 Caine Prize for their short story, "Discovering Home". They used the prize money to establish the literary magazine, Kwani?. ❤️

Day 14 of posting Kenyan books on the timeline: Equipoise is an anthology of 10 stories edited by Makena Onjerika. Makena won the Caine Prize in 2018 for her short story “Fanta Blackcurrant” about street children. Other featured writers are Gladwell Pamba, Rumona Apiyo, etc. ❤️

Day 15 of posting Kenyan books on the timeline: Watch Where You're Going by Charles Chanchori draws heavily from concentration camps during Mau Mau era, and tying it to modern-day greed. "Things were forced into her, hot eggs up her anus and vagina as Home Guards question her."

Day 16 of posting Kenyan books on the timeline: Thursdays by Jackson Biko. "Nobody will see you if you don't see yourself. Nobody cares for the pain in your suitcase. Take that flight. It's the flight to doom, to a place where nobody knows you... where we all belong." ❤️

Day 17 of posting Kenyan books on the timeline: Memoirs of a Kenyan Spymaster by Bart Joseph Kibati. From Mau Mau-era roots to Deputy Director of Special Branch, this is Kibati’s account of espionage, politics, and Kenya's history. ❤️ #kenyanliterature

Day 18 of posting Kenyan books on the timeline: If My Bones Could Speak by Eunniah Mbabazi. "In the name of my grandmothers, whose dreams were watered down because of children. Whose tongues were cut, so their voices died in their throats, so we could know what bravery is." ❤️

Day 19 of posting Kenyan books on the timeline: Collected plays by John Sibi-Okumu, foreworded by the late Ngugi wa Thiong'o and published by Jahazi Press. In December 2022, John Sibi-Okumu was named in the national Order of the Grand Warrior (OGW). ❤️ #kenyanliterature

Day 20 of posting Kenyan books on the timeline: Imperfect Match by K. Kimuyu is a collection of 11 wittingly heartbreaking short stories, with the most unexpected twists. Kimuyu has also authored Drug Paradise, The Sponsor, and When a Stranger Called. ❤️ #kenyanliterature

Day 21 of posting Kenyan books on the timeline: A Perfect Score by Clifford Chianga Oluoch. "Teaching is much more than giving lessons and pushing students to attain good grades. It is about human interaction." ❤️ #kenyanliterature

Day 22 of posting Kenyan books on the timeline: After the Storm by Brian Mbanacho. This was the first Kenyan book I read as a proper adult, the book that made me fall in love with Kenyan writing. I am not the greatest fan of romance stories but this one? Perfectly told! ❤️

Day 23 of posting Kenyan books on the timeline: Moonlight; A Night of a Thousand Words by Patrick Lavince. "Life sometimes becomes a bully, but you have to keep fighting for what you love lest you cry for what you lost." ❤️ #kenyanliterature

Day 24 of posting Kenyan books on the timeline: Strength and Sorrow by Oyunga Pala. "Death was my main character. Death was my teacher. It was the villain in all my stories, and I was lashing back with tales of resilience and hope." ❤️ #kenyanliterature

Day 25 of Posting Kenyan books on the timeline: The Unbirthed Souls by Eunniah Mbabazi. "It is these things that have battered my soul into oblivion, so that my living is filled with emptiness, and death has become the faint light that draws me to itself." ❤️ #kenyanliterature

Day 26 of posting Kenyan books on the timeline: 3 Bolts from the Blue by Lesalon Kasaine. "What would you do if you woke up to find the person you slept with dead in bed?... It has happened to me, and its neither my bed nor my house, and she wasn't mine either." ❤️

Day 27 of posting Kenyan books on the timeline: Till Death Do Us Part by Diana Mosoba. A story of secrets, betrayal, and the ultimate act of self-preservation, Till Death Do Us Part explores the boundaries of love, and the price one must pay for freedom. ❤️ #kenyanliterature

Day 28 of posting Kenyan books on the timeline: Now You See Me by Kitui Djo Thefu is a curated cocktail of everyday tales, written over a seven-year period, which have evolved into short memoirs of Thefu...an intimate glimpse into his perception of the world. ❤️

Day 29 of posting Kenyan books on the timeline: Thief of Roses by Diana Koina. "Robberies with ominous dark signs, dark smiles on white cards...the murky waters of uncontrolled fates are working behind closed doors, in a fight for biased half-truths and halfwins." ❤️

Day 30 of posting Kenyan books on the timeline: Breaking Down by Eunniah Mbabazi. If this thread has done anything to you, please go to Nuria Bookstore Kenya and asked for this specific book that I authored. It is a collection of 11 short stories that will change your life, forever. ❤️