Afternoon Nap
A man sleeps on an island beside Mbagathi Way in Nairobi.
Archive for 'Stories of our Nightmares'
Jostling For Position
Matatus try and overtake each other in a bid to get to Nairobi faster along the Nairobi-Nakuru highway in the outskirts of Naivasha. Public Service Vehicles are the leading cause of road accidents in Kenya.
Detour
A drunk driver left his Land Rover SUV in a ditch by the roadside in South C in the early morning hours of Saturday 27th February 2010.
The Weary Road
A worn out stretch of the Nakuru-Eldoret Highway between Timboroa and Burnt Forest.
Primate, Inmate
A monkey holds onto a chain link fence within its enclosure at the Safari Walk Zoo in Nairobi, Kenya.
Lake Elementaita
A view of the slowly declining Lake Elementaita in the Rift Valley. This is due to the damage of forests such as the Mau which are the source of the waters for the rivers feeding the lake.
Move Along Now
A policeman directs traffic at the scene of a 3 car pileup on the Eldoret-Nakuru Highway near Burnt Forest township.
Destroyed Illegal Settlements
Former residents of a group of illegal structures await transportation in order to move to temporary housing after what was once their homes we torn down by the Nairobi City Council on the night of December 16th, 2009.
In Case of Fire In A Foreign Land
Maybe it’s time to start praying.
Carefully grab key
Make haste slowly
Evacuate
Staying low
Making sure always
To keep eye on door
If unable to leave room
Make every effort to notify
Someone
Making sure not to shout
Shouting will not help
One more thing:
If doorknob is hot
Do not open door.
Now you remember this is not you land
Now hear the sound of coming fire
I told you [...]
Destroyed Illegal Settlements
Former residents of a group of illegal structures pick through the debris of what was once their homes after the Nairobi City Council tore down the structures on the night of December 16th, 2009.
Somebody almost walked off wid alla my stuff
somebody almost walked off wid alla my stuff
somebody almost walked off wid alla my stuff not my poems or a dance i gave up in the street but somebody almost walked off wid alla my stuff
like a kleptomaniac workin hard & forgettin while stealin this is mine/this aint yr stuff/ now why don’t you put me [...]
Destroyed Illegal Settlements
Former residents of a group of illegal structures pick through the debris of what was once their homes after the Nairobi City Council tore down the structures on the night of December 16th, 2009.
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