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Rafiki [videorecording] / by Amira, Patricia,actor.; Bass, Jenna,screenwriter.; Dedieu, Isabelle,editor of moving image work.; Gathecha, Muthoni,actor.; Gathu, Jimmy,actor.; Kahiu, Wanuri,screenwriter,film director.; Markovitz, Steven,film producer.; Mugatsia, Samantha,actor.; Munyiva, Sheila,actor.; Wessels, Christopher,1976-director of photography.; based on (work):Arac de Nyeko, Monica.Jambula tree.; AfroBubbleGum (Firm),production company.; Ape & Bjørn (Firm),production company.; Big World Cinema (Firm),production company.; Film Movement (Firm),issuing body.; MPM Film (Firm),production company.; Razor Filmproduktion (Firm),production company.; Rinkel Film,production company.; Schortcut Films,production company.; Tango Entertainment (Firm),production company.;
Editor, Isabelle Dedieu ; director of photography, Christopher Wessels.Samantha Mugatsia, Sheila Munyiva, Neville Misati, Patricia Amira, Muthoni Gathecha, Jimmy Gathu.Kena and Ziki long for something more. Despite the political rivalry between their families, the girls resist and remain close friends, supporting each other to pursue their dreams in a conservative society. When love blossoms between them, the two girls will be forced to choose between happiness and safety. Inspried by Monica Arac de Nyeko's "Jambula Tree", which chronicles a story of two girls in love in Uganda, "Rafiki" challenges deep rooted cynicism about same sex relationships among actors, crew, friends, and family in Kenya.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1, 2.0.
Subjects: Fiction films.; Feature films.; Romance films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Female friendship; Lesbians; Teenage girls;
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East Africa. by Finlay, Hugh,author.; Fitzpatrick, Mary,1962-author.; Ray, Nick(Travel writer),author.; Parkinson, Tom,1978-author.; Ham, Anthony,author.; Lonely Planet Publications (Firm),publisher.;
Subjects: Guidebooks.;
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Sulwe / by Nyong'o, Lupita.; Harrison, Vashti.;
When five-year-old Sulwe's classmates make fun of her dark skin, she tries lightening herself to no avail, but her encounter with a shooting star helps her understand there is beauty in every shade.Ages 4-8.LSC
Subjects: Self-acceptance; Blacks; Stars;
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From my mother's back : a journey from Kenya to Canada / by Wane, Njoki Nathani,author.;
"In this warm and honest memoir, celebrated academic Njoki Wane shares her journey from her parents' small coffee farm in Kenya, where she helped her mother in the fields as a child, to her current work as a professor at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at the University of Toronto. Moving smoothly between time and place, Wane uses her past to illuminate her present. The childhood confusion caused by nuns at her boarding school dismissing her proper name and demanding she give them a Christian first name she did not possess, which resulted in many unexpected consequences, leads deftly to her requirement as a professor that her students, and all her colleagues, learn to use and correctly pronounce her first name of Njoki. In similar ways, Wane uses other memories, painful and tender, to show how her early lessons and the support given by her family allowed her to succeed as a woman of colour in the academy and to later lift up her students facing their own difficult journeys. Yet Wane does not gloss over her own growing pains as a young woman, and as an established professor she still questions whether or not her attachment to Western conveniences is wise. For, in the end, Wane never forgets that her story started with the feeling of safety and the clear field of view she received as a child carried on her mother's back."-- Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Biographies.; Wane, Njoki Nathani.; College teachers; Kenyans; Women immigrants;
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Hope springs / by Walters, Eric,1957-; Fernandes, Eugenie,1943-;
During a drought in the area around the orphanage where Boniface lives, the local villagers fear that their spring will run out of water and push the orphans to the back of the line. After the orphanage gets its own well, Boniface has an idea that would help the villagers. Based on real events.LSC
Subjects: Orphans; Water; Wells; Kindness;
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Sulwe [yoto card] : Yoto card / by Nyong'o, Lupita.;
Read by Lupita Nyong'o.For use with a Yoto Player, the Yoto Player app on a device or NFC touchpoint to stream.Sulwe has skin the color of midnight. She is darker than everyone in her family. She is darker than anyone in her school. Sulwe just wants to be beautiful and bright, like her mother and sister. Then a magical journey in the night sky opens her eyes and changes everything. In this stunning debut picture book, actress Lupita Nyong’o creates a whimsical and heartwarming story to inspire children to see their own unique beauty.Ages 4 to 8.System requirements: 1 Yoto Player smart speaker or Yoto Player app on a device or NFC touchpoint to stream.
Subjects: Children's audiobooks.; Sound recordings.; Self-acceptance; Stars; Kenya; Preloaded audiobook.; Yoto audio card.;
© 2021., Yoto Inc.
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The sun sister : Electra's story / by Riley, Lucinda,author.;
"Electra d'Aplièse is a woman who seems to have it all: as a top model, she has beauty, fame, and wealth. But beneath the glittery veneer, she's cracking under the pressure of it all. The last straw comes when she finds out her father has died and she turns to alcohol and drugs to ease the pain. As friends and colleagues fear for her health, Electra receives a shocking letter from a complete stranger who claims to be her grandmother. In 1939, Cecily Huntley-Morgan arrives fresh from New York to Lake Naivasha in Kenya for the exciting chance to stay with her godmother, the famous socialite Kiki Preston. But after a sheltered upbringing, she's completely astounded by the hedonistic antics of the other ex-pats in the infamous Happy Valley set. Celia soon grows to love her stunning but complicated new home, and she even accepts a proposal of marriage from Bill Forsythe, an enigmatic older cattle farmer. After a shocking discovery and with war looming, Cecily feels isolated and alone. Until she meets a young woman in the woods and makes her a promise that will change the course of her life forever"--
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Adopted children; Models (Persons); Fathers; Addicts;
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In bibi's kitchen : the recipes & stories of grandmothers from the eight African countries that touch the Indian Ocean / by Hassan, Hawa,1982-author.; Turshen, Julia,author.; Farah, Khadija M.,photographer.; May, Jennifer,photographer.; Koman, Araki,illustrator.;
"Grandmothers from eight eastern African countries welcome you into their kitchens to share flavorful recipes and stories of family, love, and tradition in this transporting cookbook-meets-travelogue"--
Subjects: Cookbooks.; Recipes.; Cooking, Eastern African.; Cooking; Cooking; Women; Grandmothers;
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Sweet Sweet Revenge LTD / by Jonasson, Jonas,1961-author.; Willson-Broyles, Rachel,translator.;
The beloved author of 'The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window' and 'Disappeared' returns with an enchanting adventure that skewers the greed and hypocrisy that dominates our time and holds lessons about what's truly important in life. Please Note: The following title was included in a previous Bestseller list; libraries may need to re-order.
Subjects: Humorous fiction.; Novels.; Abandoned children; Friendship; Mothers and sons; Revenge; Swindlers and swindling;
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Circling the sun [sound recording] / by McLain, Paula,author.; McEwan, Katharine,narrator.; Random House Audio Publishing,publisher.;
Read by Katharine McEwan.Paula McLain takes listeners into the glamorous and decadent circle of British expats living in Kenya in the 1920s. Circling the Sun tells the story of the beautiful young horse trainer, adventurer, and aviator Beryl Markham, from her childhood in British East Africa to her relationship with hunter Denys Finch Hatton.
Subjects: Biographical fiction.; Historical fiction.; Markham, Beryl; Audiobooks.; Triangles (Interpersonal relations); Women air pilots;
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