kenya

Discusses the festivals and holidays of Kenya and how the songs, foods, and traditions associated with these celebrations reflect the culture of the people.

Examines the experience of teens in Kenya, looking at a typical day, what happens in school, family life, holidays, work, and entertainment. Includes photographs,a glossary, and a historical time line.

Provides an overview of the history and culture of Kenya, discussing the country's religion and worldview, literature and arts, housing, cuisine, traditional dress, gender roles, social customs, and lifestyle.

An autobiography of Auma Obama, sister of President Barack Obama, discussing her childhood in a remote village in Kenya, her life and education in Germany and England, and her relationship with her brother that only began in the 1980s.

The author tells of the years she spent from 1914 to 1931 managing a coffee plantation in Kenya.

A woman describes her experiences raising an orphaned lion cub intending that it eventually return to the jungle.

Describes the home, school, work, customs, and day-to day life of a young girl living with her family in a suburb of Mombasa, Kenya's second largest city.

Chirchir wants to help her family with their daily chores, but each of their tasks proves too challenging for her.

Tells the story of Wangari Maathai, a Nobel Prize-winning environmentalist who, shocked to see entire forests being cut down in her native country of Kenya, decides to take action, beginning with the planting of nine seedlings in her own backyard.

Relates the story of Wangari Maathai, a native Kenyan who taught the people living in the highlands how to plant trees and care for the land.