KENYA FEATURE PACKAGE JUA KALI

Informal sector metal goods market in Nairobi

epa01836595 Metal goods from farm machinery to opts and pans for sale at the Jua Kali market in central Nairobi, Kenya, 25 August 2009. The Jua Kali (in Ki-Swahili the term literally means harsh sun but is also the name for artisans and laborers in the informal sector who work outdoors) metal market is infamous in Kenya for being the main source of inexpensive but well made metal goods from pots and pans to farm machinery. The goods are all made by hand using recycled materials and are crafted by artisans crowded into the Kamakunji informal settlement or slum. Thousands of people earn their living in the market or indirectly from the traffic the market brings into the area. The artisans work crowded together in difficult and dangerous conditions turning out items from inexpensive charcoal burners, which many Kenyans use daily for cooking fires, to wheelbarrows while an army of shop keepers and touts advertise the goods and arrange for their shipment all across the region. EPA/STEPHEN MORRISON . < 실시간 뉴스가 당신의 손안으로..연합뉴스폰 >< 포토 매거진 >< 저작권자(c)연합뉴스. 무단전재-재배포금지. >