"Kenya's Nubians: Then & Now" Opens in Nairobi

Location:	Nairobi, Kenya
Event Date:	July 17, 2010 - August 14, 2010

"Kenya’s Nubians: Then & Now" is a project that documents and exposes the history and struggles of the Nubian community who have lived in the Kibera area of Nairobi, Kenya, for the last 100 years.

Greg Constantine, recipient of a 2009 Open Society Institute Distribution Grant, has worked with the Nubian community in Kibera to collect rare, historical photographs of the community dating back as far as 1912. A selection of the photographs will be reprinted and combined with Constantine’s own work in an exhibition that not only chronicles the history of the Nubian community in Nairobi, but also documents the consequences statelessness and the denial of citizenship have had on them in their struggle to gain recognition.

In partnership with UNHCR, Constantine will launch the project in mid-July with a large exhibition in downtown Nairobi followed by an outdoor exhibition/installation in Kibera in mid-August.

"Kenya’s Nubians: Then & Now" will be exhibited at the Go Down Arts Centre from July 17 to August 14, 2010. The outdoor exhibition will be shown at the Kibra Academy in Kibera on August 13, 14, and 15.

The Nubians in Kenya website will be launched at the exhibition on July 17.

The exhibition will travel to London later this year.