Kenya Colony. Nairobi. MacMillan Library and the Indian mosque LOC
1936 Nairobi, Kenya
The MacMillan Memorial Library, which opened in Nairobi in 1931 and was endowed by the American-born settler Sir Northrup MacMillan, stood near an Indian mosque, a pairing that reflected the city's mix of European and South Asian communities under British colonial rule.
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