Where is it?

• in East Africa

• on the Nairobi River

• in the south of Kenya

 

What are the partnership's activities and opportunities?

• engagement with large Kenyan population in Raleigh

• collaboration NC Museum of Natural Sciences and National Museums of Kenya

• partnerships with African Diaspora Coalition NC and Myles of Great Hopes

 

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A little more about it …

• the capital and largest city in Africa

• surrounded by 70 square miles of plains, cliffs and forests that make up Nairobi National Park

• name comes from Maasai phrase Enkare Nyrobi which translates to "cool water"

• uninhabited until British built a railway supply depot there in 1899 linking Mobassa and Uganda

• incorporated in 1900 and replaced Mobassa as capital in 1905

• gained independence from Britain in 1963

• home to several institutions of higher learning

• site of the United Nations Headquarters for Africa

• dense tree cover, parks and green spaces

• center of African textile industry

 

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