By Sylvia Tamale

Decolonization &
Afro Feminism

The book challenges the traditional human rights paradigm
and its concomitant idea of Gender Equality, flagging instead
the African philosophy of Ubuntu as a serious alternative for
reinvigorating African notions of social justice.

By George Gona

Zarina Patel The
Indomitable Spirit

This book provides a rare glimpse into a story that is
rarely told in most societies about minorities. It does this
by highlighting the critical role South Asian Africans have
played in the revolution and the transformation of Kenya.

This is the untold story of Mathare Slum that has never been told
to the world: of the role it played in anti-colonial struggle and the planning
ground for the Mau Mau struggle which culminated in the fall of the British
colonial empire in Kenya at midnight on December 12, 1963.

Mathare – An Urban bastion of
anti-oppression struggle in Kenya

Expelled from Uganda by Idi Amin in 1972, Mahmood Mamdani arrived
in a cold and overcast London to join his compatriots in a camp run by the
UK government’s resettlement board. As he recounts: ‘On the face of it, life
in the camp, with its surface calm and order, presented a sharp and favorable
contrast to the open terror of living in Uganda.

From Citizen to Refugee:
Uganda Asians Come to Britain

“Anita Patel has written a family saga that spans the globe and
a century of human history. It is lovingly written and provides valuable
insight into historical and social context.”

The Power of Two