TY - BOOK ID - 77944666 TI - Nairobi today PY - 2010 SN - 128305633X 9786613056337 9987081320 9987081207 9987102441 9789987081325 9781283056335 6613056332 9789987081202 9789987102440 9789987080939 9987080936 PB - Dar es Salam, Tanzania Nairobi, Kenya Mkuki na Nyota Publishers French Institute for Research in Africa DB - UniCat KW - Nairobi (Kenya) KW - Nayrobi (Kenya) KW - History. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77944666 AB - Despite being a large capital city in Africa in terms of size and its regional role, Nairobi is an unrecognised entity. For the majority of its inhabitants, the capital of Kenya is a transit point rather than a dwelling place. Since its origins, Nairobi has been a city of migrants, more predisposed to their rural roots than to their current city status. It is a non-conforming town, which conceals its urbanity more than it claims it, and whose identity remains evasive. Nairobi presents itself as a mosaic of residential areas which bring to mind the cityís history. The racial segregation that st ER -