Slumdog Politics

Photos from Mathare, one of Nairobi's sprawling slums, where warlords, witches, and drug dealers stump for votes ahead of next month's election.

PHOTOS BY MACKENZIE KNOWLES-COURSIN | FEBRUARY 26, 2013

A view overlooking Mathare. The charred plot of empty land to the right shows where Wahagio Beach Club -- a prominent pub owned by one of Mwai Joel Kariuki's main financial backers -- stood until it was burned down this December, killing the owner in the process.

Mackenzie Knowles-Coursin