Siku Njema is a Swahili novel written by the Kenyan author, Ken Walibora. The novel was published in 1996 and written in the first person. The book deals with the life of a young man, Msanifu Kombo (nicknamed Kongowea Mswahili) who is born in Tanga, Tanzania and who faces family hardships with his single mother, who is a talented singer of taarab. Being a child born out of wedlock does not make life easier for him, as he is chided by his schoolmates in a culture that frowns upon illegitimate children. When Kongowea's mother (named Zainabu) dies, he is left to fend for himself as he embarks on a Journey to Western Kenya to find his biological father.