Nairobi Heat is a play written by Kenyan writer Mukoma Wa Ngugi.

On the doorstep of African peace campaigner Joshua Hakizimana, a professor at a university in Madison, The ruling class is reluctant to prosecute the brave campaigner, so they send Ishmael, an African American investigator, to Kenya to investigate if Hakizimana is being set up by long-standing Rwandan rivals.

[3][4] On the doorstep of African peace campaigner Joshua Hakizimana, a professor at a university in Madison, Wisconsin, a young white woman is discovered dead.

[5] Ishmael expects to be welcomed like a long-lost son when he arrives in what he believes to be his homeland, but the complete reverse happens.

Shaken by this deliberate blindness, Ishmael finds himself at odds with many in the community, including his new friend, the pot-smoking Detective David Odhiambo, after he rescues a young rape victim.