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Nairobi's matatu men : portrait of a subculture

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Contact zones NRB ; 07.Publisher: Nairobi : Twaweza Communications : Goethe-Institut Kenya : Native Intelligence : Jomo Kenyatta Foundation, [2013]Copyright date: ©2013Description: 254 p.: color illustrations ; 21 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9789966155351 (pbk.)
  • 996615535X (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 388.4
LOC classification:
  • HD8039.T72 K46 2013
Contents:
"Sasa niaje? : welcome to the world of Nairobi's Matatu men -- Get rich or die trying : marginal men -- "To become a man" : staging sexualities -- "No country for young people" : Sheng, music and the construction of youth identities -- Matatu men's adaptations and (im)possible futures -- "Killing off" the Matatu men's subculture : public transport reforms and embedded discourses -- Appendix I : glossary of Sheng terms as used in Matatu subculture -- Appendix II : glossary of work-related terms -- Appendix III : a Nairobi barroom "hymn" : "Kindu Kia muna-i".
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-251).

"Sasa niaje? : welcome to the world of Nairobi's Matatu men -- Get rich or die trying : marginal men -- "To become a man" : staging sexualities -- "No country for young people" : Sheng, music and the construction of youth identities -- Matatu men's adaptations and (im)possible futures -- "Killing off" the Matatu men's subculture : public transport reforms and embedded discourses -- Appendix I : glossary of Sheng terms as used in Matatu subculture -- Appendix II : glossary of work-related terms -- Appendix III : a Nairobi barroom "hymn" : "Kindu Kia muna-i".

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