Nairobi Noir

Nairobi NoirNgg wa Thiongo anchors this truly fascinating first East African installment in the Akashic Noir Series. Akashic Books continues its award winning series of original noir anthologies, launched in 2004 with Brooklyn Noir. Each book comprises all new stories, each one set in a distinct neighborhood or location within the respective city. Brand new stories by: Ngg wa Thiongo, Stanley Gazemba, Ngumi Kibera, Peter Kimani, Winfred Kiunga, Kinyanjui Kombani,

the author of Duas Caras kept a web blog where he discussed the public's reactions to the storylines

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Viking (October 18

LLC (May 15

Through stunning images by White House photographers and others

The book tells how African American men and women became frontier explorers

He is not only a renowned author on the Yoruba culture and Ifa/Orisa traditions

As blood spills from his body and pools beneath him

Maya Angelou can be found

But putting her friends on blast uncovers a shocking secret

Etta James

the first African American female to earn her pilot's license

the discourse of equality meant that grievances of racial discrimination were construed as unpatriotic and divisive acts-in its most extreme form