Introduction. Concrete jungle / Peter Kimani -- Part I: The hunters. She dug two graves / Winfred Kiunga -- Number Sita / Kevin Mwachiro -- Andaki / Kinyanjui Kombani -- A song from a forgotten place / Troy Onyango -- Mathree / Makena Onjerika -- Part II: The hunted. Blood sister / Peter Kimani -- Say you are not my son / Faith Oneya -- For our mothers / Wanjikū wa Ngūgī -- Plot ten / Caroline Mose -- Have another roti / Rasna Warah -- Part III: The herders. Belonging / J.E. Sibi-Okumu -- The hermit in the helmet / Ngūgi wa Thiong'o -- Turn on the lights / Stanley Gazemba -- The night beat / Ngumi Kibera.

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