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.”

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...

Inside Michelle Obama’s head: In Her Own Words

Author: Michelle Obama Editors: Marta Evans and Hanna Masters Publisher: B2 BOOK (Agate Publishing Inc.) Reviewer: Josiah Odanga I read this book from the cover to the blurb in less than two hours. One of the reasons is that...

BOOK REVIEW: I’m in Charge of My Narrative

Genre: Motivational Author: Mejury Chipato Home Country: Zimbabwe Publisher: Atcumbre Publishers Reviewer: Daniel Tusiimukye It is with a strong heart that I flip through the last page of this book; it's with a big hope that I draw the...

A review of Volume II of The Open Society and Its Enemies

In the first part of The Open Society, The Spell of Plato, Karl Popper deals with Plato and gives a devastating criticism of Plato’s political stance and the concept of Historicism. In the second part,...

A critical look at Seneca’s letters

Lucius Annaeus Seneca the Younger, or Seneca, as he is commonly known, was a Roman statesman, tutor to Emperor Nero, stoic philosopher and playwright. Seneca was born in Cordoba in Spain, about 4 BCE and...

BOOK REVIEW: The Blood Stains

Author: Alfred Nyagaka Nyamwange Publisher‏: ‎ The Writers Pen (November 2020) Price: Ksh. 800 Reviewer: Benvictor Makau A mother's horrifying dream opens the pages of "The Blood Stains" novel. She hears screams from her dying baby, writhing in excruciating...