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    A decorated matatu in the city. Many vehicles boast depictions of famous gangsters and play booming hip hop, although the authorities have started to crack down on this and so you are increasingly likely to see them covered with signs praising God and to be listening to gospel music on the way home.: by beth_king, Views[1499]
         		 Shoe shine centre.: by beth_king, Views[772]
         		 Saturday outside well-known supermarket Nakumart (think Coles), where play equipment has been set up for the kids to celebrate the weekend.: by beth_king, Views[815]
         		 My bedroom at my host family's house.: by beth_king, Views[351]
         		 Dinner :): by beth_king, Views[360]
     
    My host mum Victoria at our kitchen table, eating ugali, sukuma wiki (spinach dish) and stew.: by beth_king, Views[2000]
         		 Advert for Akubra hats!: by beth_king, Views[361]
         		 In the prosperous area of Nairobi near the prestigious Stanley Hotel, where the rich and famous stay.: by beth_king, Views[710]
         		 Street scene in Nairobi.: by beth_king, Views[324]
         		 Street scene in Nairobi.: by beth_king, Views[347]
     
    Street scene in Nairobi.: by beth_king, Views[1244]
         		 My host aunty Ann, cooking Ugali on a charcoal stove outside our house in Westlands.: by beth_king, Views[956]
         		 Street scene near my host family's house in Westlands.: by beth_king, Views[324]
         		 Street scene in Nairobi.: by beth_king, Views[329]
         		 The Jamia Mosque in Nairobi, although Christianity is the major religion in this city.: by beth_king, Views[721]
     
    Preachers in the park - Kenya is famous for its wandering preachers, who walk along the streets and even board buses, screaming their biblical wisdom. They are supported through donations, and are considered to be providing a public service (although I'm not sure what the non-Christians think about this). A recent new law prohibiting noise pollution in public places has hit the preachers hard, with some being fined for disrupting the peace.: by beth_king, Views[386]
         		 The Nairobi GPO.: by beth_king, Views[1082]
         		 Monument in Uhuru ('Freedom') Park, which owes its existence to Nobel Peace Prize winner Wangari Maathai, who started the Green Belt Movement and saved the park from Moi's bulldozers in the 1980s (Moi famously suggested that she should be more of a proper woman in the 'African tradition') - it's a nice place to picnic during the day but somewhere to steer clear from at night.: by beth_king, Views[400]
         		 Traffic jam along my walk back to the city from the office- I started off taking the bus then realised that to walk took only 15 minutes which the bus often took up to 30- traffic jams are a big problem in Nairobi, as there are no trains or trams, and people rely solely on matatus, buses and private cars to get around.: by beth_king, Views[418]
         		 Church near my workplace. Nairobi is very Christian; recently there have been passionate discussions about the morality of homosexual marriage following the union of two Kenyan men in the UK.: by beth_king, Views[454]
     
    'Fountain of Hope' outside the Nairobi Hospital. This is one of Kenya's private hospitals which are, as in Australia, much better equipped than their public counterparts but require expensive medical insurance to attend.: by beth_king, Views[692]
         		 Billboard in Nairobi- note Boston Legal is very popular here, as is (you won't believe it) Neighbours, which screens daily on free-to-air TV. Worrying...: by beth_king, Views[464]
         		 Me and Vivian, my host sister.: by beth_king, Views[351]
         		 Rolling out the chapatis.: by beth_king, Views[385]
         		 Sarah making chapatis..mmm...: by beth_king, Views[340]
     
    Sarah making a spinach dish, to eat with chapatis.: by beth_king, Views[324]
         		 Sarah in her kitchen.: by beth_king, Views[339]
         		 Maize (one of the major staple foods in Kenya), gathered by Sarah's grandmother from their garden. It can be ground down to flour and used to make ugali, or eaten off the cob like corn.: by beth_king, Views[823]
         		 Road to Sarah's house.: by beth_king, Views[279]
         		 A factory which was causing pollution of the ground and water around where Sarah lived, despite protests by the local community.: by beth_king, Views[327]
     
    View of Mulolongo, the suburb where Sarah lives, approximately 30 minutes out of Nairobi.: by beth_king, Views[322]
         		 View on the way to Sarah's house.: by beth_king, Views[258]
         		 People burning tyres on the way to Sarah's house- they get the wires out of the inside of the tyres to sell, but the repeated burning had left black residue coating the ground and an acrid black smog cloaked the air.: by beth_king, Views[362]
         		 Me outside church.: by beth_king, Views[281]
         		 My friend Sarah in front of her church (although a new building is currently being constructed nearby). I met her on Sunday morning and we attended the English then the Swahili service together. I have to say the latter was the more lively of the two, with the room son packed that people had to stand outside the windows and look in to participate, and everyone clapping and singing together.: by beth_king, Views[274]
     
    The second church choir.: by beth_king, Views[261]
         		 School children giving a dance performance in church.: by beth_king, Views[264]
         		 by beth_king, Views[245]
         		 The leader of the choir.: by beth_king, Views[232]
         		 Amazing Gospel choir at Sarah's church.: by beth_king, Views[434]
     
    Jessie in front of the GoDown Arts Centre, which reminded me of places like La Mama in Melbourne. I gone with Jessie and her boyfriend Will to see a musical called Mo Faya about life in the slums.: by beth_king, Views[266]
         		 Amazing graffiti mural next to the entrance of the GoDown Arts Centre, which was done by Jessie's friend! Note the Obama reference- his image has been a common sight in Kenya since he was elected President.: by beth_king, Views[245]
         		 Another very accurate set piece, replicating the many second hand markets within the slums, selling clothes that have been donated to NGOs by people in First World countries - these clothes are then sold by middlemen for a profit.: by beth_king, Views[210]
         		 MoFaya, a musical about DJ Lwanda, the
         		 Will & Jessie in front of the stage after the performance.: by beth_king, Views[223]
     
    Very accurate set pieces (these shops are typical of any local slum).: by beth_king, Views[244]
         		 Final scene of MoFaya, where Lwanda's girlfriend vows to be the new voice of the voiceless, taking over his position as disk jockey at Kwa Moja FM.: by beth_king, Views[310]
         		 The climactic scene, where DJ Lwanda leads his community in protesting against the rampant violence in the slum, only to be killed by corrupt police in cahoots with politicians and dodgy NGO owners.: by beth_king, Views[229]
         		 Love scene in MoFaya.: by beth_king, Views[283]
         		 Opening scene of MoFaya.: by beth_king, Views[234]
     
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