Who is Storymoja?
Storymoja is a venture recently formed by a collective of five writers who are committed to publishing contemporary East African writing of world-class standard. We will source widely to identify good local writers, help them edit their submissions to exacting standards, and develop eye-catching book-covers. Critically, all our books are branded and advertised in the media, and we also arrange author readings and other book-related events.
Storymoja books are marketed to a wide East African audience for entertainment rather than as textbook material. This constitutes our unique selling proposition. We want to challenge the perception that East Africans do not read (other than required educational text) by providing them with the contemporary stories they can identify with and which we believe they are dying to read. Our initial categories of stories include business, inspiration, fiction, humor, crime/detective and true life.
Our Vision
“A book in every hand”
STORYMOJA BOOKS
Crown your Customer
by Sunny Bindra
"Crown your customer" gets in depth on customer service and how it can revolutionize your business. Sunny Bindra expounds on the Kenyan type of customer service from the corporate companies to the typical matatu conductors and that particular waiter/waitress who irritates you in the restaurants by the poor standards of service. Moreover he gives the key lessons of superb customer care on all types of services with an aim of crowning the customer with exceptional performance. This is an ideal book to emphasize on customer care which is a cornerstone to all organizations.
RRP: Ksh. 300
Tracking the Scent of my Mother
by Muthoni Garland
"Tracking the scent of my mother" is a challenging and beautifully told fictional book that was nominated for the Caine prize in 2006.The story exemplifies a typical rural girl who has grown up a polygamous household setting. After the loss of her mother, her life leads to betrayal and murder through hurtles of one tragedy to another. She believes that her confusion and loneliness will cease once she's reunited with her mother but it culminates in a crime from which she cannot be surely saved from. Her search of her mother scent never dies. This book presents societal limitations impending womanhood.
RRP: Ksh. 300
Tropical Fish
by Doreen Baingana
Tropical Fish follows the lives of three very different sisters and examines the trouble they experience as they grow up. Christine is the youngest of the three sisters and as a girl she discovers the dynamics of her parents marriage, this discovery happens through her mother’s jewellery drawer. Her life takes an interesting twist when she moves to the U.S and this increases her learning curve as she discovers more about the relationship she has with other people as well as herself she becomes Lost in Los Angeles and thus the plot take cunning twist when she returns to Uganda and becomes a government worker. Her sister Patti ends her life as a lonely bachelor after suffering humiliation at boarding school and eventually finds her peace in religion. The final sister Rosa is a sexually precocious teenager with a feisty personality, however this promiscuous lifestyle catches up with her and she dies of aids.
RRP: Ksh. 700
UPCOMING STORYMOJA BOOKS
- The Brethren of Ng’ondu by Martin Njaga
- Halfway between Nairobi and Dundori by Muthoni Garland
UPCOMING STORYMOJA BOOKS UNDER THE STORYHIPPO IMPRINT
- In the Land of the Kitchen by Oluoch Madiang’
- Peanut and the burning Tank by Boniface Gachugu
- Kamau’s Finish by Muthoni Muchemi
