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BOOK 3 OF THE COLONIZED Series

                          BACK COVER

Despite toiling in the colonial plantations and adults’ tyranny, we children seized quality moments when we could. We watched the lively “sinful” dances by the Tugen tribe, which the school and church forbade, played checkers and hopscotch, and visited the riverbank where we feasted on goe—a cherry-like fruit—from a gigantic tree and swung across the river, hanging on its vines like acrobats.

One afternoon, my vine broke, I tumbled down, and my brain shut off on impact. When I came to, my friends had abandoned me, and the sun had gone below the horizon; I shivered, with a bruised body, but intact bones. That trauma ended my acrobatic feats. But my river drop-ins lived on.

Soon, I joined village girls at the river. We hand-washed our clothes and while they dried spread on the riverbank, we skinny-dipped and created quite a racket, splashing water and shrieking with unbridled excitement. I also learned how to awaken my flat, dormant chest.

                           From THE BRITISH COLONIAL FARM

 

BOOK 2 OF THE COLONIZED Series

The British vs Kenya’s Mau Mau is a remarkable, introspective, one-of-a-kind memoir told with honesty, clarity, and suspense. The book captures the opportunities gained and lost, the resilience of the Gȋkũyũ community told through the eyes of Wanjirũ Warama from age nine, as she forges against the tide of her pre-designed farmhand lifestyle. Despite the odds of an African living in 1950s Kenya, where education for a girl is an afterthought, she's determined to negotiate a trade-off with her father and find an escape route from the daily drudgery of her community. The book shows the resilience and endurance of the human spirit in overcoming adversity, even under the shadows of the tug-of-war between the powerful and the powerless.

Book-1 of THE COLONIZED series

How did African peasants live and survive on British colonial farms in Kenya? Find out in this inspiring memoir that shows how European powers met and sight unseen chopped up Africa among themselves.

Untold Stories of Peasant Farmworkers - Until Now!


Light-hearted and enjoyable to read

Beyond Conscious Self shares two timely and inspiring stories in Wanjiru’s life’s journey. The first story explains how and why she became a writer, which she credits to her membership in the Friends of the San Diego Public Library. The second story is a travel log to the Greek Island of Santorini where her endurance was tested to the limit. She had to trust her instincts and press forward even when her goal seemed improbable, especially when self-doubt and fear took hold.

By choosing to believe in herself, she discovered we are truly never alone if only we could dig deep within ourselves and then accept the help the universe offers.

Life is not about what scares you; it’s about embracing the possibilities.

Curious how African immigrants fair in the USA? Find out in this dramatic and inspiring adult memoir in Alone in America duology Book 1

Unexpected America

Entangled in America takes on an adventure of an immigrant’s life with Wanjiru as she plods through her American life with an occasional barb to her family in Kenya who wonders why she has stuck in America with no word when she will return home. In this thrilling new memoir, you will enjoy another page-turner that has become the signature of author Wanjiru Warama.

When the jerking and grinding life is behind her, Wanjiru decides to come clean and bare her soul not only to her family and friends, but also to anyone who cares to learn the pitfalls of this African woman’s American journey, including her perspective, fears, struggles, and prejudices. She even ventures a throwback when she and her peasant family scratched a living on a British colonial farm.

YEARS of SHAME chronicles Incredible stories on subjugation and marginalization of women:

The first story is about an infant who is unwanted by her mother. The infant’s aunt, Njana, is horrified when she learns of this. And yet, Njana envies her niece because she is born in the mid-1970s. This means the niece won’t be subjected to Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) like Njana was before she turned 14 in the 1960s.

The second story is about Njana’s parent-inflicted trauma by the very people who are supposed to protect her from harm. The Story is set in Kenya and later in California. Njana discloses, for the first time, how she suffered FGM in the backwoods of Kenya. She tells of her turmoil before the operation, the actual operation, and the effects of the operation. Her main concern is not physical or medical issues. Psychological trauma is Njana’s biggest challenge. The secrecy and the shame have devastated her, and even tainted other areas of her life, hence the years of shame as she struggles to look for relief.

The third and final Story is about bedroom challenges that women face in their older years. It’s based on two couples’ marriages—one in San Diego and the other in Nairobi.