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Seventeen Trips Through Somaliland Exploring people, place And the Spirit of a Resilient Land by Captain HGC Swayne
A 1895 travel and adventure memoir by British Engineer Captain Harald G. C. Swayne. The book chronicles his expeditions through the Horn of Africa, offering a historical snapshot of the region during the early administration of the British Somali Coast Protectorate.
https://t.co/sssWU0IxTT
KShs3,000.00
Seventeen Trips Through Somaliland Exploring people, place And the Spirit of a Resilient Land by Captain HGC Swayne
A 1895 travel and adventure memoir by British Engineer Captain Harald G. C. Swayne. The book chronicles his expeditions through the Horn of Africa, offering a historical snapshot of the region during the early administration of the British Somali Coast Protectorate.
https://t.co/sssWU0IxTT
KShs3,000.00
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Dreams in Transit by Angeline Nyambu
24-year-old Kenyan woman from Likoni, Mombasa, who realizes her long-held ambition of studying abroad when she relocates to Belgium.
The cyclical nature of migration, emphasizing her eventual return to Kenya equipped with broader perspectives and heightened self-awareness.
https://t.co/IOhGhJbqpW
KShs1,350.00
A Revolution of Shadows: Africa Reimagined by John Wamatu, Peter Karanja and Stephen Wabeti
The book explores a transformative, forward-looking era on the African continent by blending political thriller elements with modern technological concepts.
https://t.co/2tATHeVBqu
KShs1,300.00
Self-Care for Black Men: 100 Ways to Heal and Liberate by Jor-El Caraballo
This is your guide to wellness and self-discovery written specifically for Black men. There will opportunities to learn new skills to manage your mental health, as well as do more deep reflection on your own terms.
https://t.co/ofo945FfTw
KShs2,090.00
Thread of Gold Beads: A Novel by Nike Campbell
Set against the twilight of the Great Kingdom of Dahomey in 1800s Benin, this novel follows Amelia a curious daughter of King Gbehanzin as her world is upended by the fall of a dynasty. Armed with a royal scepter, a letter to the Alake of Egba, gold coins, and a bracelet of gold beads whose secrets run deeper than she knows, Amelia flees to Nigeria with her brother Dare.
https://t.co/guLKJFo4WK
KShs1,790.00
Everyday Ubuntu
Ubuntu means that if we can see everyone as connected to us we will never be able to treat others as disposable or without worth By embracing ubuntu we live in hope of overcoming division and become stronger together in a world where the wise.
https://t.co/fQ5xkJtcYU
KShs2,490.00
Father’s Day arrives with flowers, matching outfits, family photos and long captions celebrating present fathers. But somewhere in the middle of all that celebration sits a young girl carrying a pain she rarely speaks about loudly enough.
A pain of abandonment.
A pain of realizing that the creature who proudly calls himself “a man” disappeared the moment responsibility knocked on his door.
Across villages, estates, towns and schools, there are teenage girls forced into motherhood by grown men who knew exactly what they were doing. Men old enough to understand consequences. Men old enough to rent houses, vote, drink and even raise families of their own. Yet instead of pursuing women their age, they circle vulnerable school-going girls whose innocence, poverty, confusion or desperation makes them easy targets.
Then when pregnancy comes, they vanish.
And to the society the girl suddenly becomes “careless.”
Suddenly society starts blaming the child instead of the grown man who pursued her.
And that is the cruelty of it all.
A teenager’s life changes permanently. Her education gets interrupted. Her dreams become uncertain. Her body changes before she fully understands herself. She becomes a mother while still emotionally needing parenting herself. Meanwhile the man responsible continues with life almost untouched, free to chase another vulnerable girl while the one he left behind struggles with diapers, shame, depression, stigma and survival.
What kind of man plants a seed then abandons it to grow in confusion?
What kind of masculinity fears responsibility but aggressively pursues vulnerability?
If you are truly a man, why can’t you approach women your age? Why hunt teenagers still trying to understand life? Why turn school gates into hunting grounds? Why reduce young girls into temporary pleasure then disappear when consequences arrive?
There is nothing manly about abandoning a child.
There is nothing powerful about exploiting a vulnerable teenager.
There is nothing respectable about watching your own blood grow up fatherless while you pretend life moved on.
Children suffer silently from these absences. Some grow up asking questions nobody can answer. Some stare at Father’s Day celebrations feeling like outsiders. Some inherit anger before they even understand love. Others spend their entire lives searching for identity in men who never bothered to stay.
And the mothers suffer too.
Many carry the burden alone while society mocks them instead of supporting them. Some are disowned by families. Some drop out of school permanently. Some lose confidence in themselves. Some battle emotional trauma quietly because the world only discusses teenage pregnancy when statistics are released, not when real girls are crying themselves to sleep.
We must stop normalizing this cycle.
Communities must stop protecting predatory men simply because they are financially stable, respected, married, religious, or connected. Families must stop forcing girls into silence to “protect dignity.” Law enforcement must stop treating these cases casually. And men themselves must start confronting fellow men who prey on vulnerable girls then disappear from responsibility.
Because fatherhood is not impregnation.
Fatherhood is presence.
It is accountability.
It is protection.
It is guidance.
It is sacrifice.
Any man can make a child. Not every man chooses to become a father.
And perhaps that is why Father’s Day is painful for many young mothers and children. It reminds them that somewhere out there walks a man who enjoyed the pleasure of creating life but refused the responsibility of nurturing it.
A man whose seed is wandering through the world lost, judged, and unguided.
And no matter how loudly society celebrates fathers, we must also speak about the men who abandoned fatherhood the moment it demanded maturity.
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Beyond the Horizon: Public Leadership Guiding Transformation by Harun M. Hassan, EBS
Beyond the Horizon chronicles Harun’s personal journey of resilience, public service and advocacy, offering lessons on perseverance, leadership and inclusion.
https://t.co/Vdf8S9f7bJ
KShs1,500.00
Hugs From The Father by Beverly Chahonyo
A daughter's tender words to the father she lost, and a deeply personal testimony of the healing that only God can bring.
https://t.co/2wmjPdYHcf
KShs2,000.00
Provision Vs Presence, from bread winner to bond builder by Don Otieno
A concept focusing on the evolution of modern fatherhood and family leadership. It highlights a critical shift: moving from a mindset of strictly providing money being a breadwinner to actively showing up emotionally and building strong family connections being a bond builder.
https://t.co/S5hAAKSIbg
KShs1,200.00
SILENT STRENGTH OF A DAD by ABIGAEL ADHIAMBO
Abigael Adhiambo captures the quiet rituals that build trust, the unspoken moments that become lifelong memories, and the emotional courage woven into fatherly guidance.
https://t.co/GPsmgaDfFj
KShs1,200.00
Unfathered: The Stories Men Don’t Tell for Walking Away by Judith Magi
The book provides a raw and eye-opening look into the internal struggles, unhealed trauma, and societal pressures that influence male behavior within relationships.
https://t.co/IUPMYoQprN
KShs1,000.00