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Building that has shut out Nairobi's noise for 100 years

Khoja mosque [Courtesy]

Hope, stop and then duck. Midair, the legs freeze. Oops…there is no space for landing.

The acrobatics begin as legs and limbs twist. Curses are hissed, faces contort to express sneers. Mercifully, against all hoots and horn blasts, the dangerous River Road crossing ends without any bloodletting.

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