2023 Intake Open University of Kenya
2023 Intake Open University of Kenya

African Literature

Book Review: Customer Service Devotional

Book Review: Customer Service Devotional Author: Priscilla M. Wellington Book Reviewer: Wangari Njoroge In a market saturated with businesses vying for customer attention, Ms. Priscilla Wellington’s latest book, Customer Service Devotional, emerges as a guiding blueprint for companies seeking...
Cover and blurb of 10 Financial & Wealth Attitudes to Avoid book. ILLUSTRATION/Charles Mwewa.

Book Review: 10 Financial & Wealth Attitudes to Avoid                  

Title: 10 Financial & Wealth Attitudes to Avoid Author: Prof. Charles Mwewa          Publisher: Africa in Canada Press (ACP)        Reviewer: Stephen Misori The book, 10 Financial & Wealth Attitudes to Avoid, opens with a running call to all pessimists to look outside...

Poetry: A million things

Born a million hours ago Learned a million things Had a million laughs And a million cries It’s what it is: this world. Have paid a million shillings To learn a thousand things Read through a million words To learn a thousand...

Book Review: The Lost Male Mandate

Book Title: The Lost Male Mandate Author: Joseph Guni Reviewer: Benvictor Makau Get Your Copy: Nuria Bookstore Cost: $10 In a world where masculinity and the appertaining responsibilities have been perpetually swept under the carpet and their weight...

Book Review: The System

Book Title: The System Author: Charles Mwewa Publisher: Africa In Canada Press, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Reviewer: Stephen Misori The System is a progressive literary text that talks to the African continent, encouraging developing nations to never lose hope in...

Poetry: Home is not home

Long not long ago Home was home Home a green home Home sweet home Home of black children When home was home. But today, we are born in the south We grow by the west We work in the states We die in...

BOOK REVIEW: Walk My Path

His art, Walk My Path, showcases the continent as a region of boundless opportunities. This is a timely anthology that lays bare the troubles of Africa in the light of the great opportunities it swims in. In...

The Power of Mentorship: Reflections from a mentor, co-author

When those in a vantage point fail to seek, and also to offer, mentorship, the missed opportunities yield untapped potential and unfulfilled dreams, impending societal progress. In this chapter, Dr. Orina shares her story with...
Edinah Kangwana MBS, MHC, a co-author of the She Leads Volume II anthology. She is a multi-award-winning leadership and governance expert with years of experience leading, transforming and training leaders, and the Founder and CEO of Arise Circle KE, a center for leadership and organizational development. PHOTO/Courtesy.

How awarding excellence spurs leadership development: Nuggets from a co-author

The anthology is a timely collection of insights, perspectives, experiences and journeys of women leaders. In the She Leads Volume II book, in Chapter 18, which is her contribution, Ms. Kangwana highlights the “Importance...

Poetry: Unhappy royal highness

Why is the king crying crimson blood? Highness cries of his iniquities inflicted— By himself on the people who loved him By himself on the people who trusted him By himself on the people who worshiped him By himself...