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VIEW FROM AFRICA

nyone who thinks that romantic stories set in Nairobi are implausible simply has not spent enough time in the city’s parks. The thought occurred to me this weekend as I ambled through the Nairobi Arboretum, a cultivated forest of trees from all over the world that is also one of the city’s most popular date spots. Due to its

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