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Karega-Munene. “Museums in Kenya: Spaces for Selecting, Ordering and Erasing Memories of Identity and Nationhood.” African Studies 70, no. 2 (August 1, 2011): 224–45.

SM: This article by Karega Munene sets a background for why the National Museums of Kenya has the collection it owns and the reasons for why some items (books and other artifacts) are excluded or included within the collection.Read more

Leakey, Richard. “National Museum of Kenya Report for 1977-1979.” Annual Report. Nairobi: National Museums of Kenya

SM: This section of the annual report in 1979 gives a broad history of why the National Museums Library was started and the audience that it caters for. Read more

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