WHAT Happens on the Other side of Nairobi: “Kibera”

In the late 1880s, Nubian soldiers from Sudan were incorporated into the British Army to fight in East Africa. The King’s African Rifles, as they would become known, were designated 4,000 acres of land to settle just outside of Nairobi, Kenya.

By 1915, the colonial government began categorising Kenyan tribes and settling them on “Native Reserves.” Nairobi was to be a European only settlements, and laws were passed restricted the natives from buying land in the highlands. The British intentionally classed the Nubians as a tribe not native to Kenya. Denied them a Native Reserve,

prior to Kenyan independence in 1963, no efforts were made by the British or the new Kenyan government to legitimise the Nubians as a recognised community in Kenya, and land rights to Kibera were not secured.

Upon independence, most Nubians became stateless. and the kibra was classified as an illegal settlement, removing the government from any obligation to provide even basic services in the region.

Population of Kibera at at independence was approximately 5000, but due to its proximity to Nairobi, Kibera became the go to destination for migrants fleeing rural poverty, ethnic conflicts and wars in neighbouring countries. By the turn of the century hundreds of thousands of people from all over Kenya and beyond called Kibera home.

Today there are anywhere between 250,000 and 1,200,000 people living in the biggest slum in Africa. Today I walked around, met incredible people and learned about the struggles and the mindset of the people who live here.

The quote was misattributed to Bob Marley. Actual quote is from Carter Goodwin Woodson, founder of the Association for study of African American Life and History.

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