Getting into belly of beast that is Nairobi

Nairobi hosts people from all walks of life living in different parts of the city, engaged in different activities, harbouring various dreams and aspirations, each with different thoughts about all kinds of subjects. For the different residents of the city-in-the-sun, living in the capital city means different things, in different places at different times. For some the city is the land of opportunity; for others each day is a nightmare. For some Nairobi is home; for others it is exile. Some enjoy the Nairobi sun; others curse each day the sun rises in the east of the city.

Living in Nairobi today is the subject of a recently published book, Six and the City (Contact Zones and Goethe-Institut, 2014). Six and the City is a collection of six short plays: Billy Kahora’s The Committee; Parselelo Kantai’s I Just Got Back; Andia Kisia’s The 24th Floor; Tony Mochama’s Percy’s Killer Party; Kevin Mwachiro’s Thrashed; and Valentine Njoroge’s Modern African Woman.