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Our books are based on the principles of equality and justice. We aim to redress the working people’s lack of power over information, communication and the media; which then restricts their access to ideas and experiences to resist imperialism..
GUERRILLA INCURSIONS INTO THE CAPITALIST MINDSET
Guerrilla Incursions into the Capitalist Mindset is an unprecedented collection of over 60 essays, i...
THREADS OF TIME Torture, Imprisonment and a Quest for Social Justice
Mugo Theuri was plucked from his reporting job at the lawcourts in Nakuru after barely three months...
TWO PATHS AHEAD The Ideological Struggle between Capitalism and Socialism in Kenya,
The struggle between socialism and capitalism in Kenya has been long, bitter and violent. Capitalism...
STRONGER THAN FAITH - My Journey in the Quest for Justice in Repressive Kenya -
Few events in Kenya's recent history have captured the imagination of the nation as those of the per...
CABRAL PINTO WILLY MUTUNGA UNDER COVER
For over 30 years, Willy Mutunga has blazed the trail in starting many important public conversation...
Andolo – The Talented Boy with Albinism
Mbesa village witnesses a peculiar birth; that of a boy with a special skin colour. He becomes a cur...
KEY POINTS IN THE HISTORY OF KENYA
History never dies. It is embedded in people's memories when books are burnt and children are taught...
ESSAYS ON PAN- AFRICANISM
Essays on Pan-Africanism begins with essays by Shiraz Durrani, Abdilatif Abdulla, Issa Shivji, Firoz...
THE STRUGGLE FOR LAND & JUSTICE IN KENYA
Why has legislation failed to address long standing grievances about grossly unequal land distributi...
ESCAPE FROM MONEYVILLE
It was a cold, dark night. Everything was quiet. A Mawingo bus was travelling from Nairobi to Mombas...
NEITH ER SETTLER NOR NATIVE
In this genealogy of political modernity, Mahmood Mamdani argues that the nation-state and the colon...
CORPSES OF UNITY– An Anthology of Poems
Cameroon is no longer a peace-haven in Central Africa. This bilingual poetry anthology is a literary...
CRIMES OF CAPITALISM IN KENYA
Covers a shameful period of Kenya’s past under the government of President Daniel arap Moi (1978-200...
PIO GAMA PINTO Kenya's Unsung Martyr
Pinto became a symbol of anti-colonial and anti-imperialist struggles in Kenya and India. He was act...
MAU MAU THE REVOLUTIONARY, ANTI- IMPERIALIST FORCE FROM KENYA
Very few countries hide or obscure the significance of their most important historical achievements....
TRADE UNIONS IN KENYA'S WAR OF INDEPENDENCE
It is due to the success of the trade union movement in the national liberation movement that the co...
PEOPLE'S RESISTANCE TO COLONIALISM AND IMPERIALISM IN KENYA
This book looks at the third pillar of resistance to British colonialism - people's resistance, the...
Karimi Nduthu A life in struggle
Karīmi Nduthu was brutally assassinated by agents of the Moi dictatorship on the 23rd of March 1996....
NEVER BE SILENT
The struggle for independence in Kenya was waged at many levels. Never be Silent explores how this s...
INFORMATION AND LIBERATION
Writings on the Politics of Information and librarianship
PROGRESSIVE LIBRARIANSHIP
Public spending is under threat and public libraries are suffering. At a time when libraries can pla...
MAKHAN SINGH. A Revolutionary Kenyan Trade Unionist
This book examines the life and work of a remarkable trade unionist and revolutionary. Makhan Singh...
LIBERATING MINDS RESTORING KENYAN HISTORY
Resistance to imperialism in pre independence Kenya by progressive South Asian Kenyans propelled the...
KENYA'S WAR OF INDEPENDENCE
Mau Mau and its Legacy of Resistance to Colonialism and Imperialism
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