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Banned and restricted books in Kenya
10 titles have been banned or restricted in Kenya, recorded across 10 dated, source-cited events, most often for political content.
Titles
10
Ban events
10
Top reason
Political content
Decades active
3
Most-restricted titles
| Title | Author | Year | Events |
|---|---|---|---|
| Petals of Blood | Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o | 1977 | 1 |
| Devil on the Cross | Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o | 1982 | 1 |
| I Will Marry When I Want | Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o | 1977 | 1 |
| Matigari | Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o | 1986 | 1 |
| The Satanic Verses | Salman Rushdie | 1988 | 1 |
| Detained: A Writer's Prison Diary | Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o | 1981 | 1 |
| Kenya: Return to Reason | Kenneth Matiba | 1993 | 1 |
| After 4:30 | David G. Maillu | 1974 | 1 |
| My Dear Bottle | David G. Maillu | 1973 | 1 |
| Independent Kenya | — | 1982 | 1 |
Stated reasons
- Political content
- 7
- Sexual content
- 2
- Religious / blasphemy
- 1
By decade
1970s4
1980s5
1990s1
Documented bans
All 10 recorded events, most severe and most recent first.
Kenya: Return to Reason1994
The Satanic Verses1988
Matigari1987
Devil on the Cross1982
Detained: A Writer's Prison Diary1982
Independent Kenya1982
Petals of Blood1977
I Will Marry When I Want1977
After 4:301976
My Dear Bottle1976
Source: Verboten, built on the banned-books.org Open Censorship Core (CC BY 4.0). Verboten compilation CC BY 4.0.