I visited Nairobi after 46 years in London. OMG it has changed so much. Lots of new buildings. Unfortunately to many cars which creat traffic jams and my god fumes pollution like crazy. I was rather heart broken to see how it has turned out.
remember they where less people back then and less vehicles kenyas population was around six million at that time and most people did not live in the cities but in villages .i would put nairobi's population at this time at 300 to 500 thousand.now its over 4 million
I played Lana Del Rey's Heroin record whilst watching this and it's quite a feeling. She was gorgeous, the city. But then again you do realize that "everything you see is a seed of something new to come and infinitely so"
Too bad it has become an eyesore. And it's getting worse. Looking like "the Apocalypse" right now. No trees, no flowers, no lush, no gardens. Just big ol' ugly concrete buildings.
내가 케냐를 잘 모르지만 1950년대가 더 발전한 것 같네. 케냐 뿐 아니라 무려 20세기 중후반까지도 잘살고 풍요롭고 산업도 발달한 나라들이 고전을 면치 못하고 있다는 것을 보여주는 기록영상들이 최근에 공개된 것으로 보인다. 어디서 보니 누군가 지구자산 97%를 독점했다는 것. 2012년 미국다큐였다. 그 독점으로 인류가 골병든 것으로 보이네. 이제 지구자산 독점하던 자들이 다 파산해서 끝났다는데 인류에게 다시 평화와 풍요가 찾아오기를
@@CaptzaxTexas As recent as the 90s, Nairobi looked decent. I was a little kid then, and my dream was "to work in Nairobi when I grow up" 😂 You should see what it has become now. A big, ugly slum. Even the places that were once posh have now been overridden with village citizens and ghetto hoodrats with zero refinement and class. The leadership/government is useless. They don't care for anything but themselves. Nairobi has gone to the dogs.
@@machariamaina437 True. But taking people who are living happily up in an airplane and parachuting out and leaving them to steer the plane knowing that they are not trained is as good as giving them a death sentence. That is cruel. That is what decolonization did. We are still fumbling with the plane's controls sixty years later while facing a possible crash at any point. What is crueller than that?
@@machariamaina437 "live as slaves" nonsense it was the arrival of the British and Pax Britannica that finally ended slavery in Kenya.. you do know this don't you!
@@mutuuramwangi1913 We were building Empires before those whites learnt to use Soap, We had achieved perfect society the only race to do so. Am sure not all our talents were ripped off from us. Besides the World's longest reigning Empire is just a border away, am sure we can manage.
There was a vagrancy law in effect that barred most broke people from downtown Nairobi. It was a crime to have less than one pound (20 shs) in your pocket at any time. If you didn't have it then you would be hauled to jail. I was told that bikes were not allowed in downtown area.
Silicon Valley where I live now was also laid back in the 50's and 60's. All over this planet human beings are going for GDP (Gross Domestic Product) instead of Gross National Happiness.
Kenya was Going nicely until it collapsed....It would have been a very fast country....Now Kenya Airways is in debts, most companies have run away, Schools are dirty, hospitals dirty, towns are dirty, Kenya tourism flamingoes have died...No lions...No nice beaches...Matatu madness in kenya roads, No more city in the sun......FINISHED......
+Njoki K my dear, dont judge too soon. i have even a deeper explanation that make you support my comment and can explain if you are interested my friend. are you?
Steve swakei when the colonialists were here, the land belonged to them and we were left with nothing. We were forced to assimilate to their culture and leave ours behind. Yeah, the city may have looked beautiful but that was at the cost of our own identity. Ironically, colonialism was Africa’s darkest period
No Name Kenya was created by the British. It was and has never been an African country. Hence the ironic current state of Kenya today. British gave Kenya independence knowing fully well africans would be toast before the century is over. If the British took over Kenya today, they’d turn her around in 8 years at most. Theyd also get rid of the populace (useless generation) to make it happen.
@@kanyaugatiejagwo My Verdict; Mzungu agende /ayende Uraya then Uhuru for the locals. They enjoy their freedom until they realise that someone has got take proper responsibility, but only to find out that , small print on Devonshire white paper Not Kisumu or Kiyambu Black board, dictates who buys all the Tea and who pays for it and in which currency. To sum up, a built city does not mean anything if you are not in charge of the economy and the national resources. This could be anywhere on the Continent, S.A if you want, in a few years time , everything is rundown. To make it worse , the Dragon from the East is having a go from where Mzungu left off, oh motherland.
i miss kenya walking in those streets, it looked less crowded and kind of clean
You miss this??!
What are you? 73?
I visited Nairobi after 46 years in London. OMG it has changed so much. Lots of new buildings. Unfortunately to many cars which creat traffic jams and my god fumes pollution like crazy. I was rather heart broken to see how it has turned out.
It's horrible. Same here. But I lived in Mombasa. I am scared to visit. My former school is a mess.
Everyone is heartbroken about what Nairobi has turned out to be.
..yes, African independence and all that, right?
You should have stayed in that grey, cold, and dreary place you call home.
@@afriqiyyya You're getting worked up over nothing. Nairobi has become terrible and you know it.
How clean and how orderly the traffic. Not like today.
everything seeemed so authentic organized clean original today everything is terrible except the internet
remember they where less people back then and less vehicles kenyas population was around six million at that time and most people did not live in the cities but in villages .i would put nairobi's population at this time at 300 to 500 thousand.now its over 4 million
I played Lana Del Rey's Heroin record whilst watching this and it's quite a feeling.
She was gorgeous, the city. But then again you do realize that "everything you see is a seed of something new to come and infinitely so"
So this is what my grandmother knew when she was my age. I’m 15 and raised in the USA so it’s very interesting to see.
Classic cars galore
Even in 1950`s Nairobi looks so modern and prosperous. I admire Kenyan people for their diligence and achievement.
You mean the British right? This is all the work of the United Kingdom while Kenya was a COLONY.
Too bad it has become an eyesore. And it's getting worse. Looking like "the Apocalypse" right now. No trees, no flowers, no lush, no gardens. Just big ol' ugly concrete buildings.
@ 0:17 on the left seems to be where teleposta tower stands. @0:44 also seems to be kenyatta avenue .@ 1:20 imenti house behind delamare statue
exactly!
What statue was that @1:55 near Stanbic Bank entrance. I looked on Google maps and it has since been moved. Proberbly early 80's?
@@anthonykago4428I think it's the delamare statue .
So beautiful and clean! These days, a bloody mess!
Blame the damn corrupted politician
Happy days
WTF happened. So clean, tidy and safe!
The colonisers left and all of their hard work fell apart in a few decades.
It was clean.
Safe , clean and organized city
Not anymore.
@@jacaranda100yeah, blame the dam corrupted politician...
But it was a city for whites and indians ...not Kenyans
Where have all those days gone tranquil peacefully clean miss them😧
Don't cry you were the ones who forced whitey to go home.
its amazing what happens to countries after independance.......
내가 케냐를 잘 모르지만 1950년대가 더 발전한 것 같네.
케냐 뿐 아니라 무려 20세기 중후반까지도 잘살고 풍요롭고 산업도 발달한 나라들이 고전을 면치 못하고 있다는 것을 보여주는 기록영상들이 최근에 공개된 것으로 보인다. 어디서 보니 누군가 지구자산 97%를 독점했다는 것. 2012년 미국다큐였다. 그 독점으로 인류가 골병든 것으로 보이네. 이제 지구자산 독점하던 자들이 다 파산해서 끝났다는데 인류에게 다시 평화와 풍요가 찾아오기를
Looks like the African turned the once beautiful city into a crowded madhouse
How about New York City or London?
Blame it on no family planning on the citizens
True! it wasn't until 1963's African independence that the city took a turn for the worse. Total shithole
@@CaptzaxTexas As recent as the 90s, Nairobi looked decent. I was a little kid then, and my dream was "to work in Nairobi when I grow up" 😂 You should see what it has become now. A big, ugly slum. Even the places that were once posh have now been overridden with village citizens and ghetto hoodrats with zero refinement and class. The leadership/government is useless. They don't care for anything but themselves. Nairobi has gone to the dogs.
Beautiful
We need these standards. Build together
Independence was the cruelest thing that happened to Africa.
Forgive us, we no longer wanted to live as slaves but am sure liberty is more important than a clean town.
@@machariamaina437 True. But taking people who are living happily up in an airplane and parachuting out and leaving them to steer the plane knowing that they are not trained is as good as giving them a death sentence. That is cruel. That is what decolonization did. We are still fumbling with the plane's controls sixty years later while facing a possible crash at any point. What is crueller than that?
@@mutuuramwangi1913 exactly
@@machariamaina437 "live as slaves" nonsense it was the arrival of the British and Pax Britannica that finally ended slavery in Kenya.. you do know this don't you!
@@mutuuramwangi1913 We were building Empires before those whites learnt to use Soap, We had achieved perfect society the only race to do so. Am sure not all our talents were ripped off from us.
Besides the World's longest reigning Empire is just a border away, am sure we can manage.
There was a vagrancy law in effect that barred most broke people from downtown Nairobi. It was a crime to have less than one pound (20 shs) in your pocket at any time. If you didn't have it then you would be hauled to jail. I was told that bikes were not allowed in downtown area.
That by law still stands
@@theturkanabus3610 Quite interesting!
we need to reintroduce that law. too many criminal scumbags loitering in Nairobi nowadays
Wow it looks beautiful
Silicon Valley where I live now was also laid back in the 50's and 60's. All over this planet human beings are going for GDP (Gross Domestic Product) instead of Gross National Happiness.
Sad, No sound
Looks like someone filmed it with his iphone
Kenya was Going nicely until it collapsed....It would have been a very fast country....Now Kenya Airways is in debts, most companies have run away, Schools are dirty, hospitals dirty, towns are dirty, Kenya tourism flamingoes have died...No lions...No nice beaches...Matatu madness in kenya roads, No more city in the sun......FINISHED......
Seems the brits had good times then😹😹😹😹
Chai n chapati 50cts
nice. less congested easy flow of traffic and beautiful. i hate the colonials left so soon. the country is slowly dying
khai...may your ancestors forgive you for that statement
+Njoki K my dear, dont judge too soon. i have even a deeper explanation that make you support my comment and can explain if you are interested my friend. are you?
Steve swakei when the colonialists were here, the land belonged to them and we were left with nothing. We were forced to assimilate to their culture and leave ours behind. Yeah, the city may have looked beautiful but that was at the cost of our own identity. Ironically, colonialism was Africa’s darkest period
No Name
Kenya was created by the British. It was and has never been an African country. Hence the ironic current state of Kenya today. British gave Kenya independence knowing fully well africans would be toast before the century is over. If the British took over Kenya today, they’d turn her around in 8 years at most. Theyd also get rid of the populace (useless generation) to make it happen.
@@kanyaugatiejagwo My Verdict; Mzungu agende /ayende Uraya then Uhuru for the locals. They enjoy their freedom until they realise that someone has got take proper responsibility, but only to find out that , small print on Devonshire white paper Not Kisumu or Kiyambu Black board, dictates who buys all the Tea and who pays for it and in which currency. To sum up, a built city does not mean anything if you are not in charge of the economy and the national resources. This could be anywhere on the Continent, S.A if you want, in a few years time , everything is rundown.
To make it worse , the Dragon from the East is having a go from where Mzungu left off, oh motherland.
Nairobi under Colonialists
Beautiful