Mombasa Raha, My Foot:

Mombasa Raha, My Foot by: Haroun Risa
Fiction, E-book
E-book Count: 7
Book Count: 17

This book takes place in Kenya, before the book starts it points out the meaning of Mombasa Raha, which is basically the joy one has on seeing the coast.  This is one of the few Swahili words/phrases used in the book which is translated.  There is not a large amount of Swahili in the book, but there are a number of conversations that are peppered with it.  I picked this book as part of a year long reading challenge that included reading books about and by authors from all the inhabited continents.  (i.e. instead of a book from Antarctica, it is a free pick.) This book is about the problems of slavery and sexual exploitation that is found in areas like the coast of Kenya.  It tells the story by using multiple people's stories and switching back and forth between what got them into the situation and the time of the main story.