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Stories Set in Nairobi
Nairobi is a high-savanna capital with a national park at its edge where animals graze near traffic. Begun as a railway camp in 1899, it became the center of settler farming, the Mau Mau emergency and independent government, mixing office blocks with wildlife corridors. Out of Africa remembers the nearby farm years, while Sense8 includes a Nairobi driver among its linked strangers. Open Nairobi on the StoryTerra map and filter its stories by any era.
Open Nairobi on the StoryTerra map10 famous stories set in Nairobi
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Browse 10 books, 3 movies and 1 TV show set in Nairobi.
Sense8
One gunshot, one death, one moment out of time that irrevocably links eight minds in disparate parts of the world, putting them in each other's lives, each other's secrets, and in terrible danger. Ordinary people…
Cutting for Stone
A sweeping, emotionally riveting first novel - an enthralling family saga of Africa and America, doctors and patients, exile and home.Marion and Shiva Stone are twin brothers born of a secret union between a beautiful…
Out of Africa
Out of Africa is Isak Dinesen's memoir of her years in Africa, from 1914 to 1931, on a four-thousand-acre coffee plantation in the hills near Nairobi. She had come to Kenya from Denmark with her husband, and when they…
Going Solo
Superb Stories, Daring Deeds, Fantastic AdventuresHere is the action-packed sequel to Boy, a tale of Dahl's exploits as a World War II pilot. Told with the same irresistible appeal that has made Roald Dahl one the…
Out of Africa / Shadows on the Grass
Out of Africa tells the story of a farm that the narrator once had in Africa. The farm is located at the foot of the Ngong hills outside of Nairobi, in what is now Kenya. It sits at an altitude of six thousand feet. The…
Nairobi Half Life
Mwas a young aspiring actor from upcountry Kenya dreams of becoming an accomplished actor one day and in pursuit of this he makes his way to Nairobi the city of opportunity. He quickly understands why Nairobi is…
The Constant Gardener
Now a major motion picture from Fernando Meirelles, the Academy Award-nominated director of City of God The Constant Gardener is a magnificent exploration of the new world order by one of the most compelling and elegant…
Ringmaster
From: High Commissioner, NairobiTo: Head of MI6 Special Operations, LondonClassification: Top SecretPriority: Flash telegramOperation Ringmaster seriously compromised. Agent Michael Lock missing in pursuit of suspect.…
Bill Bryson's African Diary
In the early fall of 2002, famed travel Writer Bill Bryson journeyed to Kenya at the invitation of CARE International, the charity dedicated to working with local communities to eradicate poverty around the world. He…
The White Masai
The four-million-copy international bestseller of the incredible love story between a European woman and an African warrior.The White Masai combines adventure and the pursuit of passion in a page-turning story of two…
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