Episode 3
Wainaina visits the industrial sprawl of Nairobi with his father, and learns manly things about cars. Read by Freddy Macha.
By Binyavanga Wainaina.
Wainaina and his sister are doing well at primary school and are hoping their grades will get them into a top secondary school. But there are rumours that Gikuyus' names are being taken off the lists.
And the author visits the industrial sprawl of Nairobi with his father: hot sun city with its creaking, cantankerous corrugated iron roofs, and learns manly things about cars' entrails.
Read by Freddy Macha. Abridged by Jane Marshall
Produced by Jane Marshall
A Jane Marshall Production for BBC Radio 4.
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- Wed 7 Sep 201614:45BBC Radio 4 Extra
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