Throughout Nairobi’s history, urban poor communities have been targeted by containment measures—for racial reasons, out of public health concerns, for economic purposes, or for political gains. This project compares current containment measures to combat Covid-19 with this history. It looks at poor residents’ responses to containment both historical and current, and how containment measures are … Continue reading Containment and Distrust: Impacts of Covid-19 responses and historical containment on city making from below in Nairobi