Kenyatta
4 primary works
Book 1
Donald Goines's powerful first novel in the Kenyatta series lays bare the bloody, brutal world of crime in the black ghetto—where, as Goines puts it, "kindness is the sweetest con of all." Here is the gutsy and often shocking world of Billy and Jackie, prison buddies on the streets and hot on the trigger.
“All those [other black] writers, no matter how well they dealt with black experience, appealed largely to an educated, middle-class, largely white readership. They brought news of one place to the residents of another. Goines’s novels, on the other hand, are written from ground zero. They are almost unbearable. It is not the educated voice of a writer who has, so to speak, risen above his background, it is the voice of the ghetto itself.” —Michael Covino, The Village Voice
“All those [other black] writers, no matter how well they dealt with black experience, appealed largely to an educated, middle-class, largely white readership. They brought news of one place to the residents of another. Goines’s novels, on the other hand, are written from ground zero. They are almost unbearable. It is not the educated voice of a writer who has, so to speak, risen above his background, it is the voice of the ghetto itself.” —Michael Covino, The Village Voice
Book 2
The unquestioned originator of urban lit, Donald Goines ups the reality factor with one of his most enduring characters…
Kenyatta has it good. He’s got the ladies, the clubs, the guns. The only problem is the shady dealers who are running the drugs in Detroit. It’s time to get them out, even if it means upping the ante and making a deal with the men in blue. Once the plan is in place, nobody’s safe, everybody’s a target, and the streets are about to flood with blood.
“He lived by the code of the streets and his books vividly recreated the street jungle and its predators.” —New Jersey Voice
“The voice of the ghetto itself.” —The Village Voice
Kenyatta has it good. He’s got the ladies, the clubs, the guns. The only problem is the shady dealers who are running the drugs in Detroit. It’s time to get them out, even if it means upping the ante and making a deal with the men in blue. Once the plan is in place, nobody’s safe, everybody’s a target, and the streets are about to flood with blood.
“He lived by the code of the streets and his books vividly recreated the street jungle and its predators.” —New Jersey Voice
“The voice of the ghetto itself.” —The Village Voice
Book 3
Kenyatta had two ambitions: cleaning the ghetto of all drug traffic and gunning down all the racist white cops! But a black and white detective team, Benson and Ryan, is on his tail and has discovered the location of his army's camp. Armed with tanks, they bring a bloody doomsday to his followers. In Kenyatta's Escape, Goines continues his story of the bloody, brutal world of crime he began in Crime Partners and Death List. They're all back for a coast-to-coast chase that spells gripping adventure.
Book 4
“The voice of the ghetto itself.” —The Village Voice
The godfather of urban lit is back with the graphic, thrilling conclusion to Kenyatta’s quest to reclaim his streets…
For Kenyatta, the living urban legend, the war is far from over. With new recruits bolstering his army, he’s ready to take down the drug pushers destroying his. This time the battle is moving out of the streets and heading west, where he faces off with his arch enemy in a brutal showdown in Vegas, high atop a glittering hotel. One bullet, one hit, one survivor—winner takes all…
“He lived by the code of the streets and his books vividly recreated the street jungle and its predators.” —New Jersey Voice
The godfather of urban lit is back with the graphic, thrilling conclusion to Kenyatta’s quest to reclaim his streets…
For Kenyatta, the living urban legend, the war is far from over. With new recruits bolstering his army, he’s ready to take down the drug pushers destroying his. This time the battle is moving out of the streets and heading west, where he faces off with his arch enemy in a brutal showdown in Vegas, high atop a glittering hotel. One bullet, one hit, one survivor—winner takes all…
“He lived by the code of the streets and his books vividly recreated the street jungle and its predators.” —New Jersey Voice