April Zhu is a freelance journalist and writer based in Nairobi, Kenya. Her work focuses on gender, urban inequality, and China-Kenya relations. In this episode, NüVoices board member Cindy Gao talks to April about: 

• How Nairobi is a city with a plot
• Why covering women's issues helps us understand power
• "Ecosystems" of violence in Nairobi's informal settlements
• Why the opposite of Sinophobia is not Sinophilia, but nuance
• What is missing in "China-Africa" discourse

Resources: 

A lost ‘Little Africa’: How China, too, blames foreigners for the virus, Sinophobia spreads faster than the coronavirus, and A death penalty for the poor, by April Zhu. 

Recommendations:

April: The Dragonfly Sea, by Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor. 

Cindy: The TV series What We Do in the Shadows, available on Hulu.

This podcast was edited and produced by Jason MacRonald.

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