Where did all those 90s rollerblades end up? Nairobi

There’s a whole new craze in east Africa, fuelled by secondhand inline skates – and a desire to rid the city of tribal tensions

Photos and story by Duncan Moore

Nairobi’s traffic congestion is notorious. Minibuses known as matatus battle for space with cars, motorbikes and hand-drawn carts, causing excruciating gridlock.

Through this automotive battleground dart the daring members of the Kenyan city’s inline skating community, deftly weaving between moving vehicles, holding on to buses for speed and jumping over potholes.

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