BOOK REVIEW: Cry, the Beloved Country
GENRE: Novel
AUTHOR: Alan Stewart Paton
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: South Africa
REVIEWER: Mohammed Oluwatimileyin Taoheed
Cry, the Beloved Country is written from the perspective of a third person omniscient narrator, who mainly stays focused on the internal world of...
BOOK REVIEW: The Open Society and Its Enemies Vol. 1
Sometimes when you read text that is over seventy years old, you find it not relevant. The language is 'outdated', words have changed meaning or fallen out of use, references obscures.
If it is a...
BOOK REVIEW: Desiree’s Baby
AUTHOR: Kate Chopin
REVIEWER: Agatha Rachael Akullu
Desiree's Baby, a short story by Kate Chopin was published in her collection "A Night in Acadie" in 1897.
Kate's vividly crafted story is a deep analysis of the complex...
BOOK REVIEW: Lawyer’s book to give children hope during Covid-19 pandemic
The name of lawyer Rachael Twinomugisha, popularly known as auntie Rrech has been heard by many in Kampala and beyond for a while.
Apart from other things she does, Twinomugisha is freshest children’s literature publisher...
BOOK REVIEW: Arrrow of Destiny
GENRE: Novel
AUTHOR: Agatha Rachael Akullu
PUBLISHER: Iconic Publications
COUNTRY: Uganda
REVIEWER: Daniel Tusiimukye K’abaasa
Agatha Rachael Akullu wrote Arrow of Destiny at 14 and it is her maiden published book.
The story centers around the protagonist- Oumo Cana, who...
BOOK REVIEW: Dispersing Seeds of Discord
AUTHOR: Leo Masore Nyang'au
GENRE: Fiction
PUBLICATION DETAILS: Lemanya Printers
REVIEWER: Zablon Ogutu
EMAIL: z.ogutu@scholarmedia.africa
Dispersing Seeds of Discord is actually a realistic novel. It depicts what goes on in our contemporary society on a day to day basis. As the title suggests, disbursing means spreading and...
BOOK REVIEW: Korondo-Panic!
BOOK TITLE: Korondo-Panic! (A Satarized Diary of a Kenyan’s Experiences during the COVID-19 Pandemic)
AUTHOR: Joshua Nyang’au Araka
Korindo-Panic delivers an entertaining, satirical and interesting reflection of life in Kenya at a critical time when the...
BOOK REVIEW: Peppered Path
AUTHOR: Joshua Nyang’au Araka
REVIEWER: Prof. Elizabeth Bosire-Abenga
Peppered Path delivers an entertaining account and interesting reflection on life in Nyagenke village three to six decades ago.
While editing errors and linguistic absurdities appear to be part of the...
BOOK REVIEW: A Doll’s House
Book Title: A Doll’s House
(2018 to 2022 compulsory set book play for F3s and F4s Kenyan Secondary School students).
Author: Henrik Ibsen
Reviewer: Dr. George Ngwacho Areba
Introduction
A Doll's House (Norwegian: Et dukkehjem; also translated as A...
BOOK REVIEW: First Biocultural protocol book for Endorois Community launched
With modernization threatening traditional values and norms of various communities in the country, little known the Endorois community has taken a major step to preserve its rich history.
According to the executive director of Endorois...