Book Launch: Relative Distance

The socio-economic and political uncertainties of Kenya in the 1990s jeopardised what many saw as the promises of modernity. An increasing number of Kenyans migrated, many to Britain, a country that felt familiar from Kenyan history. Based on extensive fieldwork in Kenya and the United Kingdom, Leslie Fesenmyer’s work provides a rich, historically nuanced study of the kinship dilemmas that underlie transnational migration and explores the dynamic relationship between those who migrate and those who stay behind.

Author

Dr. Leslie Fesenmyer
Assistant Professor in Social Anthropology and African Studies, University of Birmingham

Hybrid Event: In-person & Online

• Venue: British Institute in Eastern Africa, Laikipia Road, Kileleshwa, Nairobi
• Registration: Free & Open biea.ac.uk/welcome/2/book launch