Nairobi Heat

By Mũkoma wa Ngũgĩ

Book Overview

A cop from Wisconsin pursues a killer through the terrifying slums of Nairobi and the memories of genocide IN MADISON, WISCONSIN, it's a big deal when African peace activist Joshua Hakizimana--who saved hundreds of people from the Rwandan genocide--accepts a position at the university to teach about "genocide and testimony." Then a young woman is found murdered on his doorstep. Local police Detective Ishmael--an African-American in an "extremely white" town--suspects the crime is racially motivated; the Ku Klux Klan still holds rallies there, after all. But then he gets a mysterious phone call: "If you want the truth, you must go to its source. The truth is in the past. Come to Nairobi." It's the beginning of a journey that will take him to a place still vibrating from the genocide that happened around its borders, where violence is a part of everyday life, where big-oil money rules and where the local cops shoot first and ask questions later--a place, in short, where knowing the truth about history can get you killed.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1935554646
• ISBN13: 9781935554646
• Release Date: September 2011
• Publisher: Melville House Publishing
• Length: 204 Pages
• Weight: 0.47 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.2"