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Kakuma

Kakuma, Turkana County, Kenya

A northwestern Kenya base shaped by long-distance movement, refugee communities, regional trade, and many food traditions.

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Kakuma's Ethiopian food and coffee 1 video available.

A community food experience of injera and buna in Kakuma, documented without turning residents into spectacle.

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Kalobeyei Integrated Settlement 1 video available.

A planned settlement west of Kakuma where refugee and host-community lives meet regional development work.

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Lodwar to Kakuma and Kalobeyei 1 video available.

The final northwestern stage reaches Kakuma and Kalobeyei through a landscape shaped by movement and many communities.

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Mombasa to Kakuma through Turkana 2 videos available.

Liv Kenya's complete 2022 expedition from Mombasa through Voi, the Taita Hills, Taveta, Tsavo West, Nairobi, Eldoret, Kitale, West Pokot, Lodwar, Lake Turkana, Kakuma, and Kalobeyei.

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