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...
Citation
Doctor of Philosophy in Geograph, University of California, Los Angeles, 1968Publisher
University of Nairobi. School of Arts