Kenya: Nairobi's Expansion Is Swallowing Up Rural Land - New Book Reveals the Impacts On Families

[The Conversation Africa] Nairobi's transformation into a "world-class city" is both anticipated and celebrated in Kenya's media. A new book, Peasants to Paupers: Land, Class and Kinship in Central Kenya, examines how the city's expansion conceals profound social upheavals. These have root causes in the opportunities c

Nairobi’s transformation into a “world-class city” is both anticipated and celebrated in Kenya’s media. A new book, Peasants to Paupers: Land, Class and Kinship in Central Kenya, examines how the city’s expansion conceals profound social upheavals. These have root causes in the opportunities created by surging land val