Matatu
A History of Popular Transportation in Nairobi
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PART ONE Background
Introduction: Matatu
1 “The Only Way to Get There Was on Foot”
PART TWO Moving People, Building the Nation, 1960–73
2 “It Is a Diffi cult System to Beat”
3 “We Are Making a Living by Constitutional Means”
PART THREE Deregulation, 1973–84
4 Kenyatta’s Decree, 1973
5 “Jump In, Squeeze, Jump Out—Quickly!”
PART FOUR Government Regulation, 1984–88
6 The Matatu Bill of 1984
7 “Only Those Who Are Afraid Use Force”
PART FIVE Organized Crime? 1988–2014
8 KANU Youth Wingers
9 Mungiki: Fighting a Phantom?
PART SIX Generation Matatu, Politics, and Popular Culture, 1990–2014
10 Music, Politics, and Profit
11 “Pimp” My Ride
PART SEVEN Self- Regulation, 2003–14
12 The Michuki Rules
Conclusion: Making It in Nairobi
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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