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Kang-Chun Cheng
Kang-Chun Cheng
Kang-Chun Cheng is a freelance photojournalist based in Nairobi, Kenya. Her training as an ecologist, with a focus on community-based natural resource management and traditional ecological knowledge, informs and enhances her perspectives as a visual storyteller. Her work has appeared in Earth Island Journal, Yes! Magazine, China Africa Project, and Popula.

Kenya’s tourism authorities have made it easier to reach the uppers slopes of Mount Kenya, and plan to further improve access. Critics say they risk making the mountain as polluted as Kilimanjaro.

Kenya’s Masai Mara, more usually associated with safaris, hosts cyclists for a 4-day gravel bike race. The first Asian riders to take part embrace the chance to experience Maasai tribal culture.

Cheap Chinese mobile phones, combined with Kenya’s M-Pesa money transfer system and online marketplaces, are freeing small-scale farmers from shifty middlemen. But can it last?

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