Welcome to James Murua, our first Kenyan reviewer, who runs the blog Writing Africa – the go-to place for news from the world of African and Black literature. He’s the man on the continent who knows every book event and award happening on the continent!
James filmed his ‘5 Favourites’ at Soma Nami Books in Nairobi. @somanami_ke
1. Collective Amnesia by Koleka Putuma (South Africa)
2. Tomorrow Died Yesterday by Chimeka Garricks (Nigeria)
3. Kintu by Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi (Uganda)
4. Afterlives by Abdulrazak Gurnah (Tanzania/UK)
5. The Most Secret Memory of Men by Mohamed Mbougar Sarr (Senegal)
