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Books
Fiction
Summoning the Rains edited by Hilda Twongyeirwe and Ellen Banda-Aaku
Recommended by The MoonCatcher Project: This book is a project of a Uganda Women Writers Association called Femrite the publishes collections of essays, stories and poetry.
Dust by Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor
Recommended by The MoonCatcher Project
From Amazon: A Washington Post Notable Book – When a young man is gunned down in the streets of Nairobi, his grief-stricken father and sister bring his body back to their crumbling home in the Kenyan drylands. But the murder has stirred up memories long since buried, precipitating a series of events no one could have foreseen. As the truth unfolds, we come to learn the secrets held by this parched landscape, hidden deep within the shared past of a family and their conflicted nation. Spanning Kenya’s turbulent 1950s and 1960s, Dust is spellbinding debut from a breathtaking new voice in literature.
Films
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
Recommended by The MoonCatcher Project (Currently available on Netflix). The book upon which the movie is based is currently available on Amazon in paperback and in a young readers’ edition.
From Amazon: This powerful, unflinching series documents the challenges of protecting Africa’s most iconic and critically endangered species. Join brave Kenyan rangers as they engage in a daily battle of wits to ensure the safety of the animals they look after.
Recommended by The MoonCatcher Project