I just completed reading the book, and in it, I have laughed and also cried. I have been inspired about humble beginnings while not giving up aspirations for a good life. I have seen friendship, integrity, duty in SS' life. I now think about his dear wife. I love her memoir in the book. Inspired by this book, i am mentally and emotionally preparing myself on how to take care of my aging parents. This book is an emotion triumph ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Centenarian is a respectful, warmly told biographical memoir that documents the life of Simon Sefatiya Kyama with care, affection, and moral clarity. Its greatest strength lies in its sincerity: the narrative is grounded in lived experience, village memory, Christian faith, and the dignity of an ordinary African life well lived. The book serves as an important family and community record, preserving generational history that might otherwise be lost. However, from a literary standpoint, the prose remains largely documentary, with limited narrative tension, stylistic risk, or thematic interrogation beyond reverence and gratitude. As a result, while the book is meaningful and culturally valuable, it does not quite rise to the level of a distinguished or broadly compelling literary memoir.

Centenarian is a memoir written from a third-party perspective, documenting and preserving the life, experiences, and reflections of its subject rather than serving as a self-authored autobiography. Viewed through this lens, the book succeeds as an act of preservation—capturing memory, character, and lived experience with care and respect. Its strength lies in its reflective tone and its commitment to honouring a life shaped by time, endurance, and accumulated wisdom, rather than in narrative drama or literary experimentation. As a biographical memoir, Centenarian fulfils its role thoughtfully, offering readers insight into longevity and legacy through a considered, respectful external voice.

A Happy new year my dear big brother, I have got the opportunity to read the memoirs of your late father and I have discovered that this memoirs fits well and can act as a guiding book for parenting and can be very helpful for those planning to join the most difficult and complex institution of marriage and more so getting and bringing up children. I liked the way the late managed to manufacture and also raised up his 10 children and caring and providing for all their basic needs, and touching the lives of other people in society and not forgetting the love for his wife, it was so strange for a man of his calibre and stature and more so a senior civil servant of that time to practice a monogamous marriage, I wish this memoirs came earlier to help some of us struggling to raise up children from more than 4 different women i can't imagine the crisis we are facing now. Thank you very much for work on that meticulous piece of work and I am confident and sure 100% you will be rewarded for such beautiful kind of of work. No wonder you are a rear breed of your own kind. As the Lusoga proverb goes Mwana mulungi ava kungozzi. And charity begins at home. Good people are not always made but born from wonderful families. I liked the way the late handled your chain smoking habit and remembered in the same way my wonderful mentor and brother handled my my case of smoking habit in Senior two and I believe if mishandled my case i could be one of the drug addictis in the world and more so if not spoilt and thus, useless boy. Once again thank you for this great and inspirational book. May the Almighty Lord bless you and your family. A happy new year brother and my great mentor and comrade.💯