Narok

The town at the centre of the valley is called Narok, but I think of it as Dust City.

Johann Hari: Witch-Hunt: The Hidden War on African Women 2009

In the 1990s the road from Nairobi to Narok was paved, but the contract was awarded to politically connected contractors and within five years the road was impassable.

Matthew Bergman: The Roads of Africa: Moving Beyond the Tragedy of the Commons Matthew Bergman 2010

Driving from Talek to Narok, the road became increasingly potholed, but the private land adjoining the road negated the typical solution of a self help diversion; a man with a shovel was patching the potholes with gravel to smooth out the ride and accepting gratuities from passing motorists.

Matthew Bergman: The Roads of Africa: Moving Beyond the Tragedy of the Commons Matthew Bergman 2010

During the first trip, the road from Narok to Mswani was strewn with mud and a line of cars and trucks backed up as they cautiously transited across streams and through mud bogs.

Matthew Bergman: The Roads of Africa: Moving Beyond the Tragedy of the Commons Matthew Bergman 2010

In the 1990s the road from Nairobi to Narok was paved, but the contract was awarded to politically connected contractors and within five years the road was impassable.

Matthew Bergman: The Roads of Africa: Moving Beyond the Tragedy of the Commons Matthew Bergman 2010

A Maasai girl recites a poem she wrote about the horror of Female Genital Mutilation at a community ceremony in Narok, Kenya and all of her elders are educated.

Kim Rosen: Where Words Melt Walls: The Peacemaking Power of Poetry 2010

A Maasai girl recites a poem she wrote about the horror of Female Genital Mutilation at a community ceremony in Narok, Kenya and all of her elders are educated.

Kim Rosen: Where Words Melt Walls: The Peacemaking Power of Poetry 2010

Driving from Talek to Narok, the road became increasingly potholed, but the private land adjoining the road negated the typical solution of a self help diversion; a man with a shovel was patching the potholes with gravel to smooth out the ride and accepting gratuities from passing motorists.

Matthew Bergman: The Roads of Africa: Moving Beyond the Tragedy of the Commons Matthew Bergman 2010

According to the hard-hitting Nation newspaper, "members of a powerful [Ntutu] family in Maasai amassed chunks of land, virtually owning the entire Maasai Mau Trust Land Forest in Narok."

Khadija Sharife: REDD: Seeing the Forest for the Trees 2010

During the first trip, the road from Narok to Mswani was strewn with mud and a line of cars and trucks backed up as they cautiously transited across streams and through mud bogs.

Matthew Bergman: The Roads of Africa: Moving Beyond the Tragedy of the Commons Matthew Bergman 2010