Kenda Mutongi is the Ford International Professor of History at MIT. Her research focuses on Kenya and the social, cultural, and economic histories of the continent. She is the author of two award-winning books: Matatu: A History of Popular Transportation in Nairobi (2017) and Worries of the Heart: Widows, Family, and Community in Kenya (2007).
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