Nairobi in Pictures: Political Icons 1889-2000 by Lydia W. Muthuma provides a historical and aesthetic analysis of the civic buildings in Nairobi.
The book combines architectural history with ever vibrant political debates. And providing a critical glance at the city’s built environment, it goes beyond the surface image to probe into the style and substance of life within Nairobi’s Central Business District (CBD).
Author: Lydia W. Muthuma, Publisher – Focus, Nairobi 2013
Reviews
Nairobi past and present by The EastAfrican June 15-22, 2013
Book reviewed by Gitau Warigi in the Sunday Nation June 9, 2013
About the Author
Lydia W. Muthuma, is an art historian with over 20 years teaching experience in the field of aesthetics. She studied at Kenyatta University, department of Dine Arts in Nairobi, Kenya and in the University Michel de Montaigne, Bourdeaux 3, in Bourdeaux, France.
She lectures in Technical University of Kenya and in Strathmore University.
The book is available in most Nairobi bookshops and retailing at Kshs 1,000.
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