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2. History of Nairobi - Wikipedia

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   The earliest account of Nairobi 's / naɪˈroʊbɪ / history dates back to 1899 when a railway depot was built in a brackish African swamp occupied by a pastoralist people, the Maasai, the sedentary Akamba people, as well as the agriculturalist Kikuyu people who were all displaced by the colonialists. The railway complex and the building around ...

3. Hair scavenged from Nairobi dump ends up in salon amid ... - AOL

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   Stylist Julia Wanja picks her way delicately through piles of food waste, discarded masks, rubber gloves and other rubbish at Nairobi's Dandora dumpsite, looking for used hair extensions she can ...

4. Nairobi - Wikipedia

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   Nairobi joined the UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities in 2010. Nairobi was founded in 1899 by colonial authorities in British East Africa, as a rail depot on the Uganda - Kenya Railway. It was favoured by the authorities as an ideal resting place due to its high elevation, temperate climate, and adequate water supply. [10]

5. Kenya - Wikipedia

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   Kenya, officially the Republic of Kenya (Swahili: Jamhuri ya Kenya), is a country in East Africa. With a population of more than 47.6 million in the 2019 census, [ 12 ] Kenya is the 28th-most-populous country in the world [ 7 ] and 7th most populous in Africa. Kenya's capital and largest city is Nairobi, while its oldest and second-largest city ...

6. World Conference on Women, 1985 - Wikipedia

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   The 1985 Conference held from 15 and 26 July in Nairobi, Kenya was the final review of the decade [2] and was led by conference president Margaret Kenyatta. [6] Leticia Shahani, widowed mother of three children and a Philippine diplomat served as the Secretary-General and made the crucial suggestion that off-the-record discussion by delegates would decrease the polarity which had plagued the ...

7. Why Lupita Nyong'o Decided to 'Return' to Her Kenyan ... - AOL

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   Nyong'o, who was born in Mexico, raised primarily in Nairobi, Kenya, and has lived in the U.S. for two decades, said that “in order to create this podcast, I had to get very comfortable with my ...