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Audio slideshow: 'Pimp my matatu'
Published: 23rd Apr 2012 00:50:04
Kenya's minibus taxis, known as matatus - the country's main form of public transport - are renowned for their dangerous driving, blaring out music at deafening volumes and their elaborate, graffiti-style artwork.
The government is trying to clamp down on them and has banned loud music and ordered matatus to have simple colour schemes.
But the industry also creates a large number of jobs and for some young Kenyans, the matatus have become a way of life. Graffiti artist Hassan "Rasta" Mohamed explains why Kenyans started to do up - or "pimp" their buses - and says he will resist the attempts to "destroy the matatu culture".
Photography and audio by the BBC's Joseph Winter and Oscar Bunga. Production by Emma Lynch.
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BBC News, 2012. Audio slideshow: 'Pimp my matatu'. [Online] (Updated 23 Apr 2012)Available at: http://www.manchesterwired.co.uk/news.php/1423941-Audio-slideshow-Pimp-my-matatu [Accessed 21st May 2013]
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