A Kenyan nonprofit is restoring iconic public libraries, leaving behind a segregated past and turning them into inclusive spaces. By Abdi Latif Dahir In 1931, the first library in Kenya’s capital, ...
Libraries in Nairobi, Kenya, are getting a makeover thanks to two women who are hoping to turn the page on the past – creating a new future both for the books inside the libraries and the communities ...
Teachers and pupils of Nkaimurunya Primary School join project partners during the launch of a digital library pilot in Gataka slum, Nairobi, Friday, Sept. 12, 2025. Learners at Nkaimurunya Primary ...
Two documentaries premiering at Sundance this weekend are set thousands of miles apart — in Nairobi, Kenya and Texas, respectively – but at the heart of their stories is the same thesis: the ...
Sundance: Directors Maia Lekow and Christopher King commit to capturing the years-long effort to revive three libraries in Kenya after decades of neglect. Built in 1931 by white settlers, McMillan was ...
How to Build a Library, the award-winning doc on Book Bunk's 8-year journey decolonizing Nairobi's libraries, is now ...
Maia Lekow and Christopher King’s “How to Build a Library” may be more aptly titled, “How to Game the System.” This is not meant as derisive, but simply the reality faced as the documentary’s central ...