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Wanjiru Koinange and Angela Wachuka

Wanjiru Koinange and Angela Wachuka

FromMeet the Writers


Wanjiru Koinange and Angela Wachuka

FromMeet the Writers

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Length:
28 minutes
Released:
Mar 24, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Nairobi-based nonprofit Book Bunk, the brainchild of Wanjiru Koinange and Angela Wachuka, restores existing public libraries and installs new libraries in public spaces. Its flagship project in the Kenyan capital is the McMillan Memorial Library, which opened in 1931 but it was segregated only for the use of white people until 1962. Book Bunk’s founders imagine that the almost 50,000 public libraries in Kenya can be steered to become more than just repositories, acting as sites of knowledge production, shared experiences, cultural leadership and information exchange; they see them as sites of heritage, public art and memory.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Released:
Mar 24, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Want to know more about the authors behind your favourite books? Tune in to discover the methods of – and inspiration behind – some of the world’s most exciting writers. Every Saturday, Georgina Godwin hosts an in-depth discussion with the person behind the prose.