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Featured Book
Hunter & Gatherer
Hunter and Gatherer is an endearing novel that fictionalises Kenyan politics. With its many deficient tragedies and comedies, Kenyan political reality has often seemed tailor-made for fictionalising. One sees a rich welter of issues and personalities that hover around our present-day national politics. Amid the drumbeats of tumultous election, the tale is emotionally filled with a neat mix of poignant family heartaches... two unshakable brothers competing for power with an enchanting and scheming woman in the mix. Recipes include dark demons that come back to haunt, and a dose of vendetta in a dramtic, vivid urban settings of a shrouded metropolis. Nairobi. This novel will sweep you away until the last page. A tour-de-force from Oba Kunta Octopus.

Create your book... your way
Are you dreaming of being published? Did you know we can also help you with the creation of your book?
Have you written a book? And would you like to publish it? Well, in that case Oba Kunta Octopus is definitely something for you. We help you create, print and publish your books, including ghostwriting, editing, typesetting and cover design.
Oba Kunta Octopus is a creative publishing company founded by writers, designers and editors. This is your complete resource to self-publish your book, your way. We have the tools to turn you into an author.

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We now have an app for all the books we have in our store, simply download the app and enjoy our vast collection of books anywhere you like.
Author Resources
Every author needs a little help moving their story from a written manuscript to a published book. For the help that OBA Media doesn’t provide, we use the services of our sister company, Oba Kunta Octopus for help with editing, layout and cover design, proofreading and publishing. Go to https://www.obakunta.co.ke
Book Review
After you have written your masterpiece, you need a critical eye to review your book and provide constructive feedback on how to improve your readers’ experience. We work with professional book reviewers. We offer Comprehensive Book Review and Consultation services. http://obakunta.co.ke/write-book-review
Book Launch
OBA Media’s business is to ground you as an author. We create activity around your new book using various tools. Starting with a colourful book launch ( where we aim to sell at least three hundred copies), we move on to place your books in front of your readers using various online tools, the social media and YouTube.
Kenya's Fastest Growing Online Bookstore
OBA Books is a 100% Kenyan-owned online-only retail store selling books and eBooks worldwide. Based in Nairobi, Kenya we offer millions of books from our database which have been categorised into a variety of subjects to make it easier for you to browse and shop.
As well as physical books, OBA Books offers African readers thousands of eBooks from a wide variety of international and local publishers. Whether you access your eBooks via your computer, tablet, iPhone or Android smartphone, or electronic reading device – online or offline, wherever you go, your eBooks will be there and accessible to you.
If you want to order eBooks as well as physical books we’ve made it easy, you can order them all together on the one order.
All of our books are offered at a discount and you can ship as many physical books per order as you like to anywhere in the world.