Kosiya Kifefe is a chequered account of growing up in post-independence Africa as profiled in the life and times of Kosiya Kifefe.Through Kosiya. the author skilfully traverses the years of the African youth with its dreams, uncertainties and lurid escapades, while at the same time projecting the images of a changing society that is rapidly disintegrating. It is a fascinating story full of political intrigues, facades in high places and myopic lust for power and wealth, interspersed with rustic romantic charades so characteristic of the African 'elite'.