My Nairobi: National Geographic

It takes a local to show you the ropes in a place like Nairobi, and that’s what Kenyan writer Binyavanga Wainaina does. Listen to his candid revelations about the enterprising ways residents take care of business when the government’s interests are elsewhere, why some people distance themselves from tribal connections, and what works and what doesn’t.

Original published in September 2005 in the National Geographic. Click here to read the article.