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.”

A cover page of the book Ikigai: the Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life. PHOTO/Courtesy.

Lessons from Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life

For those who are looking for a heroic book to read right at the advent of 2023, I recommend Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life by Hector Garcia and Francesc Miralles.  It is...
A cover page design of the book 'Stains on a Cowrie Shell' by Awadifo Olga Kili. The author uses fiction to call the world to attention on the need to cease and discard any tradition and custom ruining people's lives with regard to human rights. PHOTO/Courtesy.

BOOK REVIEW: Stains on a Cowrie Shell

Author: Awadifo Olga Kili Country: Uganda Genre: Fiction Contacts: awadifokili@gmail.com Reviewer: Benvictor Makau Set in Ayia, a land of abundance whose people adore nature and withhold it with awe, believing every iota of it is a sacred gift from...
Front cover of The Woman Called Angel and Other Stories collection. It speaks about life with sufficient clarity, sweetness and relevance. PHOTO/Benvictor Makau, The Scholar Media Africa.

BOOK REVIEW: The Woman Called Angel and Other Stories

TITLE: The Woman Called Angel and Other Stories GENRE: Short Stories AUTHOR: Alfred N. Nyamwange CONTACTS: nanganet@gmail.com PRICE: KSh. 600 "The innocence of childhood is a deep-sea, unexplored, fantastic like one lost in a dark woodland." This is the...

BOOK REVIEW: Thriving Entrepreneurs

BOOK CHAPTER REVIEW Chapter Title: Cast Your Vision Author: Anthony Njagi Reviewer: Victor Ochieng’ Thriving Entrepreneurs is the latest book published by Antony Njagi. As a scribe, I can describe the book as a manual for entrepreneurs. It was launched...

BOOK REVIEW: The Millionaire Next Door

Authors: Dr. Thomas J. Stanley and Dr. William D. Danko Country: United States Genre: Business Finance Reviewer: Blessing Peter Titus Beginning with the comparison between the Trust Officer and the Millionaire next door was mind-changing. I would, too,...

BOOK REVIEW: My Heart is Coloured

AUTHOR: Vasco Dagama Odong GENRE: Poetry REVIEWER: Daniel Tusiimukye K'abaasa Having published the book and many more poetry collections, I can proudly say, My Heart Is Coloured is one of the best books that I have had...

Why “Starting High School: Form One Guide” is a good book

William Arthur Ward talked of four steps to achievement: One, planning purposefully. Two, preparing prayerfully. Three, proceeding positively. And four, pursuing persistently.  Starting High School: Form One Transition Guide is a good book that sheds...

BOOK REVIEW: When the Skeleton Escaped

AUTHOR: Lawrence Mwongela CONTACTS: mutisyalaurans@gmail.com, +254 706 311 140 PRICE:  Ksh. 650 GENRE: Poetry REVIEWER: Benvictor Makau This anthology is mainly centered on how life proves multifaceted from its inauguration all the way to its end. It merrily journeys...

POETRY: Lone: An Anthology of Metered Verses

Author: Anthony Onugba Genre: Poetry Country: Nigeria Reviewer: Benvictor Makau The sixty-poem Anthology by Anthony Onugba is one of the most stimulating compilations of thoughts in our age. For an unclouded meaning, he catalogues it into three scintillating episodes:...

BOOK REVIEW: The Art of School Management

Author: Ogutu Maurice Reviewer: Victor Ochieng' Francis Bacon sagely said, “Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested; that is, some books are to be read...