Kenda Mutongi is Professor of History at MIT. She is author of Matatu: A History of Popular Transportation in Nairobi and Worries of the Heart: Widows, Family, and Community in Kenya.
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Kenda Mutongi is Professor of History at MIT. She is author of Matatu: A History of Popular Transportation in Nairobi and Worries of the Heart: Widows, Family, and Community in Kenya.
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