Kenya Literature Bureau · KNEC

Set Books

Chapter summaries, themes, character analysis, essay questions and exam quotes.

✦ For current students and nostalgic alumni — every generation covered

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Novel60s-80s

The River Between

Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o · 1965

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Novel60s-80s

A Grain of Wheat

Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o · 1967

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Novel60s-80s

Weep Not, Child

Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o · 1964

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Novel60s-80s

Petals of Blood

Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o · 1977

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Novel60s-80s

The African Child

Camara Laye · 1953

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Novel2000s+

Blossoms of the Savannah

Henry Ole Kulet · 2008

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Novel90s-2000s

The River and the Source

Margaret Ogola · 1994

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Novel2000s+

The Samaritan

John Lara · 2010s

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Novel2000s+

The Silent Song

Various · 2010s

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Novel90s-2000s

The Whale Rider

Witi Ihimaera · 1987

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Play60s-80s

The Caucasian Chalk Circle

Bertolt Brecht · 1944

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Play60s-80s

The Merchant of Venice

William Shakespeare · 1600

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Play60s-80s

Betrayal in the City

Francis Imbuga · 1976

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Play60s-80s

A Man for All Seasons

Robert Bolt · 1960

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Play2000s+

Inheritance

David Mulwa · 2004

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Play2000s+

Parliament of Owls

Various · 2010s

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Short Stories2000s+

Memories We Lost

Various · 2016

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Poetry60s-80s

Oral Poetry

Various African Poets · Various

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Poetry60s-80s

Poems from East Africa

Cook & Rubadiri · 1971

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Revisit the books that shaped your education. Whether you studied them in 1985 or 2024 — the themes, the characters and the essays are all here.

The River BetweenBetrayal in the CityCaucasian Chalk CircleThe River and the SourceMerchant of Venice