2025 Intake Open University of Kenya
2025 Intake Open University of Kenya

Book Review

Beyond telling the African story in an all-positive approach, as a continental media outlet, The Scholar Media Africa remains determined and outstanding in reviewing books. Our support for African Literature and Authorship, in general, goes past the continental borders and we are open to receiving more and more books for review, especially around the African Narrative.

We look forward to having your book(s) reviewed. You can always share a soft copy of the book via our email at editor@scholarmedia.africa and then, within a short time, furnish us with the hard copy (complimentary copy) for our library.

You know, as in the words of Jeanette Winterson, “Books and doors are the same things. You open them, and you go through into another world.”

Cover and Blurb of Lady Diversity Power book. ILLUSTRATION/KMD Books/Hazel Herrington & Karen McDermott.

Book Review: Lady Diversity Power

Curated By: Hazel Herrington & Karen McDermott (and Co-authors) Publisher: KMD Books, Australia Year of Publishing: 2022 Reviewer: Wangari Njoroge The global business world’s landscape is transforming, marking the decline of the traditional image of a white, middle-aged...

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...
Cover of Chained by Beliefs book by Kawsar Koodaruth, a Life/Business Coach and Psychotherapist. PHOTO/Courtesy.

BOOK REVIEW: Chained by Beliefs

Author: Kawsar Koodaruth Publisher and Year: Reach Publishers, 2022 Contacts: Kawsar Koodaruth Within its pages lies the power to emancipate yourself by shifting your mindset to positivity and trampling negative energy and self-disqualification. In her life as a coach...

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...
Cover page of John Kiriamiti's first crime novel, My Life in Crime. He wrote the masterpiece while detained at the Naivasha Maximum Security Prison. PHOTO/Courtesy.

BOOK REVIEW: My Life in Crime and My Life in Prison

Titles: My Life in Crime and My Life in Prison Author: John Kiriamiti Publication Year: 1984 and 2004 Resp. Literary giance in Kenya, especially in crime fiction, has since the 1970s been a norm as crime strands...

BOOK REVIEW: My Roots  

Title: My Roots  Author: Jeremîré M. Araka, Ph.D.  Publisher: Nsemia Inc. Publishers, Ontario, Canada  Year of Publication: 2023 Reviewer: Dr. Kaijanangoma Dietrick  My Roots navigates the complex and dynamic landscape of storytelling in contemporary Africa by employing an indefatigable prowess.  The author demonstrates originality...

BOOK REVIEW: She Leads: Lessons from Women Leaders

Co-Authors: 17 Women Leaders from Across Africa Book Title: She Leads: Lessons from Women Leaders Genre: Inspirational Publisher and Year: ZionPearl Publishers, 2023 Cost: $45.00 (Hardcopy), $9.99 (Softcopy on Amazon) Reviewer: Wangari Njoroge In the words of Virginia Woolf, every...
Cover page of the novel A Journey to Becoming, written by Egara Kabaji. PHOTO/Courtesy.

BOOK REVIEW: A Journey to Becoming 

Author:  Egara Kabaji Title: A Journey to Becoming (A Novel) Contact:  egarakabaji@gmail.com  Cost:  KSh400 Publisher and Year: One Planet Publishing and Media Services Ltd, 2022 Reviewer: Mbukha Shitemi Egara Kabaji’s A Journey to Becoming is an intriguing and thought proving novel. Its...
Cover and blurb of The Reunion. PHOTO/Courtesy.

BOOK REVIEW: The Reunion

Title:        The Reunion Author:    Kekelwa Nyaywa Contact:    elugalia@eastafricanpublishers.com Cost:         KSh500 Publisher and Year:   East African Educational Publishers (EAEP), 2020 Reviewer:  Mbukha Shitemi The Reunion by Kekelwa Nyaywa is a moving story about Felize,...
Front cover of Fathers of Nations, a novel by Paul B. Vitta. PHOTO/Courtesy.

BOOK REVIEW: Fathers of Nations

Title: Fathers of Nations  Author: Paul B. Vitta Publisher: Oxford University Press Year of publication: 2013 Revised edition: 2021 Reviewer: Bonface Otieno Fathers of Nations is the current compulsory novel studied by current form three and will be first tested next year, 2024, in Kenya Certificate of...