ISBN:
9789966155351
Language:
English
Pages:
254 S.
,
Ill.
,
21 cm
Series Statement:
Contact zones NRB 07
Series Statement:
Contact zones NRB
DDC:
VI331.761388
Keywords:
Transport workers
;
Transportation
;
Subculture
;
Nairobi
;
Subkultur
Description / Table of Contents:
"Sasa niaje? : welcome to the world of Nairobi's Matatu menGet 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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