Kenya: Nairobi's Expansion Is Swallowing Up Rural Land - New Book Reveals the Impacts On Families
[The Conversation Africa] Nairobi's transformation into a "world-class city" is both anticipated and celebrated in Kenya's media. A new book, Peasants to Paupers: Land, Class and Kinship in Central Kenya, examines how the city's expansion conceals profound social upheavals. These have root causes in the opportunities created by surging land values in rural areas, making it tempting for landowners…
Nairobi's metamorphosis into a modern metropolis is celebrated in Kenya, but a new book reveals the unsettling social upheavals hidden beneath the city's expansion. Author Peter Lockwood's research in Kiambu county uncovers how the allure of land value growth has pushed smallholders to sell their plots, creating tensions within families and reflecting the lasting impact of British colonial-era land dispossession.
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