By Iminza Keboge
Published June 2, 2024
One of the best, if not inexpensive, ways to get acquainted with worldviews, cultures and get the best out of life is through reading. The best way to understand Kenya is to read books by some of Kenya’s best contemporary writers that you can easily search and buy from various online bookstores from your device.
ComMattersKenya, a Nairobi-based consultancy and publisher of physical and digital publications says book lovers can access its publications from wherever they are on earth by searching for its books by #title (Stories From Life, Gifted, The Braggart’s Day Of Reckoning, My Dear Bottle, How To Write On 1001 Subjects!,Kadosa 1: Knocking at Heart, Hard Times Aren’t Forever) or #author (David Maillu, Fadhili Ogova, Elizabeth Nzimenya, Ogova Ondego) and then buy them from #online bookstores like books.apple.com/, barnesandnoble.com/, everand.com/, fable.co/, hoopladigital.com/, kobo.com/, smashwords.com/, thalia.de/, shop.vivlio.com/, amazon.com/ and market.thepalaceproject.org/, among others.
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The books available for purchase in both digital and physical formats are:
1). Kadosa 1: Knocking at Heart by David Maillu
Heartbreaking novel of a mysterious fictional woman with clothes like the skin of a chameleon.
2). From Terror to Hope by Ogova Ondego
I had lost everything I cherished and had despised and hated God for it. But 12 years later, the same subject of my spite had brought the Armstrongs on the scene and had blessed me immensely as proof that no one shows God to a child. Just as my parents had always taught me.
3). Gifted by Fadhili Ogova
Before children understand what they can do, they are tossed into a world that doesn’t want them to.
4). The Braggart’s Day of Reckoning by Ogova Ondego
This is a coming of age adventure story about a teenager who must find a cure for his ailing younger sister from a dark forest teeming with danger behind its sky-clutching trees, octopus-like creepers and man-eating plants.
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5). Stories From Life by Ogova Ondego
History is written not to justify anything but to inform, educate and caution. This anthology of prose, poetry and drama is based on that premise. Besides informing, educating and cautioning, it is meant to entertain and celebrate humanity.
6). My Dear Bottle by David Maillu
This is a sharp social criticism delivered in random reflections, songs and lamentations by a frustrated Nairobi City dweller who seeks solace in drinking in the newly, socially-deformed independent Kenya.
7). How to Write on 1001 Subjects! by Ogova Ondego
It teaches any one and everyone how to think logically and coherently and to communicate clearly and crisply using concise language on just about any subject under human experience.
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ComMattersKenya, that also consults on wtriting, editing and publishing, invites parents, teachers and proprietors of schools in Kenya to help in boosting the #reading, #writing and #comprehension skills of their children and learners with discounted ComMattersKenya publications. Interested parties are advised to call/text/WhatsApp +254 733 703 374 or email director(at)commatterskenya(dot)com to place their orders.
“If you, your friends or associates need any assistance with conceiving, writing, editing, designing and publishing digital and physical short stories, articles, essays, memoirs, biographies or autobiographies,” ComMattersKenya says in a statement, “do call/text/WhatsApp +254 733 703 374 or email director(at)commatterskenya(dot)com for assistance.”
