Keith Ang'ana is a flaneur who walks around the streets of Nairobi studying people. He is also a historian. He's written for The Elephant, Africa Is A Country, Brittle Paper, The Star, Daily Nation, and Business Daily.
The month is August 2022. Kenya has gone on recess to pave way for the General Elections. Everyone is hooked to the screens to follow the tallying. Everyone, of course, except the Gen-Z. We all know the rumor that has always been peddled that the Gen-Z are quite apathetic, and don’t really give a shit about politics
When doing the Book Launch, our plan was that, we would just come together, launch the book, sell it, then call it a day, with everyone going home to continue with their lives.
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Street names, I was told, were a “Nairobi thing”. In the rest of the country people identify places by landmarks such as buildings and matatu stages. This got me thinking about the importance of street names, and whether they actually serve their intended purpose.
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