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 page and blurb of The Silent Footsteps, an autobiography of and by Prof. Ipara Odeo. PHOTO/Courtesy.

BOOK REVIEW: The Silent Footsteps 

Title:   The Silent Footsteps Author:  Ipara Odeo Cost:              KSh1,000 Contact: iparaodeo@yahoo.com  Publisher and Year:     Kibabii University Press, 2020 Reviewer: Mbukha Shitemi The Silent Footsteps is an extraordinary story that...
The front cover of the anthology 327 Thousand Feet High by Anthony Oduori. PHOTO/Bonface Otieno, Scholar Media Africa.

BOOK REVIEW: 327 Thousand Feet High

Title: 327 Thousand Feet High Author: Anthony Wesonga Oduori Edited by: Tom Odhiambo  Publisher: Contact Zones Publishers Reviewer: Bonface Otieno Poetry is a unique genre of expression most writers have incorporated freely in their means to condemn, appreciate, critique,...
Front cover of A Silent Song and Other Stories set-book. PHOTO/Courtesy.

BOOK REVIEW: A Silent Song and Other Stories Part 2

Title: A Silent Song and Other Stories (Part two) Editor: Selected and Edited by Godwin Siundu  Published by: Spotlight Publishers E.A Limited  Publication Year: 2020 Reviewer: Bonface Otieno Recently, I reviewed the first five stories in the Anthology of...
Blurb and cover page of Dear Anita. PHOTO/Courtesy.

BOOK REVIEW: Dear Anita

Author:       Barack Wandera Title:            Dear Anita Contact:      barackwandera@yahoo.com  Cost:             KSh500 Publisher and Year:   InterCEN Books, 2022 Reviewer:  ...
The cover and blurb of Song of my Dreams and Other Songs anthology by St. Andrews Creative Writers and Book Club from St. Andrews Tarabete Secondary School, Naivasha. PHOTO/Courtesy.

BOOK REVIEW: Song of my Dreams & Other Songs

Anthology Title: Song of my Dreams & Other Songs Anthologists: St. Andrews Creative Writers & Book Club Selection and Editing: Bonface Otieno Contacts: standrewscreativewritersclub@gmail.com, +254 746955316 Cost: KES 500 Reviewer: Benvictor Makau Publisher & Year: Abba Publishers, 2022 In today’s world, music, art, drama, and poetry...
The cover of the Mourning Glory novel by Prof. Egara Kabaji. He is a Literary Communication Professor, based at Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology (MMUST). PHOTO/Courtesy.

BOOK REVIEW: Mourning Glory

Author: Prof. Egara Kabaji Title: Mourning Glory Contact: egarakabaji@gmail.com Cost: KSh. 500 Publisher and Year: InterCEN Books, 2022 Reviewer: Mbukha Shitemi Prof. Egara Kabaji’s new novel, Mourning Glory, is a heart-rending story that will bring variegated emotions in how it treats the pain,...
Front cover of A Silent Song and Other Stories, one of the new set books for Kenyan Secondary Schools. PHOTO/Bonface Otieno, The Scholar Media Africa.

BOOK REVIEW: A Silent Song and Other Stories Part 1

Title: A Silent Song and Other Stories Selected & Edited by: Godwin Siundu Published by: Spotlight Publishers E.A Limited Publication Year: 2020 The Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) is a summative test examination that students are tested...
The book's cover page. Toperesu encourages ther reader to press on, even when things seem hard, with the hope of coming out of it all successfully. PHOTO/Courtesy.

BOOK REVIEW: It’s Okay to not be Okay

Title: It's Okay to not be Okay - Getting the best out of every unpleasant experience Author: Tawanda Toperesu Home Country: Zimbabwe Email: toperesutawanda98@gmail.com Price: 10 USD Genre: Inspirational Publisher: BMZIT  Reviewer: Daniel Tusiimukye K'abaasa  Tawanda Toperesu, a Zimbabwean-born author and entrepreneur,...
Cover Page of the Get Serious book by Honest Mukwenya. PHOTO/Courtesy.

BOOK REVIEW: Nuggets from ‘Get Serious’ by Honest Mukwenya

Author: Honest Mukwenya Nationality: Zimbabwe Contacts: honestmukwenya@gmail.com Cost: 10 USD Genre: Inspirational Reviewer: Benvictor Makau          Honest Mukwenya is a Zimbabwean author and Motivational speaker. In this book, he reveals that the human problem is less from the...
Cover Page of the Oga Vendor play. It is a collection of thoughts depicting the Post-colonial Africa, highlighting the power of unity and knowledge-based action towards injustice. PHOTO/Courtesy.

BOOK REVIEW: Oga Vendor

Genre: Drama Author: Uche Akunebu (Ph.D.) Home Country: Nigeria Contacts: uchewrites@gmail.com Publisher: Stone Touch Communications (2022) Reviewer: Benvictor Makau Oga Vendor is a play written and staged to highlight how the media stands essential in informing, educating, and entertaining the public, but more importantly, how...