AO: This article in published in a Daily Nation news article from August 11, 2018 includes quotes by Book Bunk co-founders that highlight their approach towards issues of representation in the McMillan library collection. The article notes and I also observed firsthand during a tour of the space in February 2019 that the building mostly contains books from the beginning of the 20th century--well before Kenya’s independence in 1963--with few works by Kenyan authors. However rather than completely overthrow all materials, the co-founders state their interest in "rejuvenating" rather than "removing."
AFP, "AFP. 2018. “The Faces behind the Revival of the McMillan Library.” Daily Nation, August 11, 2018.", contributed by Angela Okune, STS Infrastructures, Platform for Experimental Collaborative Ethnography, last modified 22 July 2019, accessed 4 December 2024. https://stsinfrastructures.org/content/afp-2018-“-faces-behind-revival-mcmillan-library”-daily-nation-august-11-2018
Critical Commentary
AO: This article in published in a Daily Nation news article from August 11, 2018 includes quotes by Book Bunk co-founders that highlight their approach towards issues of representation in the McMillan library collection. The article notes and I also observed firsthand during a tour of the space in February 2019 that the building mostly contains books from the beginning of the 20th century--well before Kenya’s independence in 1963--with few works by Kenyan authors. However rather than completely overthrow all materials, the co-founders state their interest in "rejuvenating" rather than "removing."