Twilight of an East African Slum:Pumwani and the evolution of African settlement in Nairobi

Abstract

This dissertation deals, in broad terms, with the development of Nairobi, the capital of Kenya and the largest 'city in East Africa, and with the patterns of residential occupance that have evolved in the African areas of the city. Particular attention is focused on emergence , in 1922, of Pumwani, the first "planned" settlement for Africans in Nairobi , and on the part played by this community, in the past and at present, in fostering contact among.be culturally diverse peoples who have occupied it...