Conducting Research at the Kenya National Archives in Nairobi
Getting There: The National Archives are in the Central Business District (CBD), which makes them quite easy to get to from anywhere in Nairobi. Simply get a matatu (mini-bus) heading to ‘town’. Depending on the stage (stop) where you arrive, the walk to the archives is anywhere from 5-10 minutes. Here, google maps or simply…
Conducting Research at the National Archives in Tanzania
Getting there: The archives are located on Vijibweni Street in Dar es Salaam’s CBD. If you are coming from anywhere around Mikocheni, Namanga or the Peninsula, you can take a dala dala heading to posta (which, in October 2016, costs 400 shillings, or 25 from Namanga). Get off at ‘Aga Khan’, cross the street and follow Ali…
Packing for a Year of Fieldwork
Over the years, I have overpacked many times for multi-country multi-month trips. Last year, when I was spending 6 months in Zanzibar, Tanzania and Ethiopia, with a stopover in Amsterdam on the way for a friend’s wedding, I definitely overpacked. Partly, it was the need to haul a bridesmaid dress across the ocean (which I…
Alesha Porisky, PhD 