Meja and Maina arrive in the city confident their high school diplomas will lead to employment and a better life. However, they are unable to find jobs and end up living in the streets, among other unemployed and homeless youth. Brutally separated, they meet later behind prison bars. This novel displays Mwangi's talent for writing lively stories depicting societal problems in Kenya.

The Mzungu Boy is a work of fiction that takes place in Kenya, Africa, in the early 1950s. At that time the country, a British colony, was faced with an uprising that became known as the Mau Mau Rebellion. Much of Kenya, including the best farmland, was in the hands of European settlers. At best, native Kenyans were allowed to work on the land as tenant farmers, under exploitative and demeaning conditions. The rebels wanted the white settlers to leave the country so native Africans could have their independence. As the uprising gained momentum, British rulers declared a state of emergency....

Dusman Gonzaga shares a squalid apartment with human misery and poverty and cockroaches. The old building belongs to a wealthy slumlord with a heart of stone and Dusman's neighbours include garbage collectors, street hawkers, criminals, wise men and mad men and numerous faceless ones. Dusman attempts to organise them to boycott paying rent, in order to force the landlord to lower rents, but finds he himself standing alone. Then he hatches an unscrupulous plot so devious his neighbours can't back out of the imminent confrontation. 'Meja Mwangi spins a fascinating tale of one man's revolt...

A journey to the lives of a rural folk in Kenyan, when men realise they have erred in handing control to their wives. The wives close all the bars in town leaving men sober and confused. Panic takes hold, when men see they will have to improvise to survive their first ever sober Christmas. In this humorous tale, Meja Mwangi resurrects Kambi's tough men and their tougher women, the characters that made "Baba Pesa" such a fun read. Mwangi's keen eye for the drama and humor in everyday rural life in Kenya shines through his work.

Through fiction, the world described in Weapon of Hunger has a definite locale in the African continent held at ransom by multitudes of problems, partly self-inflicted, partly caused by the ravages of nature. In this novel Meja Mwangi brings these problems to world attention in a manner that never declines to apathy yet the skill captivates. Weapon of Hunger is an engrossing piece that takes us to this dehumanised land of want. Mwangi's treatment of the serious situation makes an unforgettable impact.