Nairobi's 'matatu' men
Subtitle: portrait of a subculture
By: Mbũgua wa Mũngai
Series: Contact Zones NRB -- 07; Contact zones NRB -- 07.
Publisher: Twaweza Communications; Goethe-Institut Kenya; Native Intelligence; Jomo Kenyatta Foundation
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Nairobi
Language: eng
Number of pages: 254
ISBN-13: 9789966155351
Copyright date: 2013
Subjects: Transport workers; Transportation; Subculture
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-251).
Table of contents: title: "Sasa niaje? : welcome to the world of Nairobi's Matatu men; title: Get rich or die trying : marginal men; title: "To become a man" : staging sexualities; title: "No country for young people" : Sheng, music and the construction of youth identities; title: Matatu men's adaptations and (im)possible futures; title: "Killing off" the Matatu men's subculture : public transport reforms and embedded discourses; title: Appendix I : glossary of Sheng terms as used in Matatu subculture; title: Appendix II : glossary of work-related terms; title: Appendix III : a Nairobi barroom "hymn" : "Kindu Kia muna-i".