Monday, 26 November 2012
NEW BOOK ON NAIROBI OUT
The first ever pictorial book on Nairobi titled Meeting Nairobi had been published and is already at the leading bookstores around the World.
The book which was officialy launched at the German Cultural Center in Nairobi tells the World the true story of Nairobi commonly known as the city on the sun by visitors
Meeting Nairobi is published by Goethe Institut, Bayer Kultur and other supporters with the major objective of introducing Nairobi to the outer World
What makes the book very interesting is that Nairobians had been given chance to tell there stories to Nairobians and the outer World.
The writers talked to the Nairobians especially those living in the slum in order to make sure that the story is real life in the slum something which is not common with other books on Nairobi.
The book is easy to read because of its beauty photos taken in Kibera slum which is the second largest in sub Sahara, Korokocho, Kariobangi while other photos were taken at the city center including Uhuru Park among others.
According the writers of the book Heike Schiller and Stephan Bruckmeier the book is very important because Nairobians will be able to read there on stories as the glance at the photos also international community will understand Nairobi better than before.
Meeting Nairobi is both in English and German which mean that it is useful both in Kenya and Europeans Countries
The book which is a must reading for both general readers policy makers and government officials is in beautiful hard cover hence easy to handle
Reviewed by francis ilahaka
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