Akala sandals: Another way of recycling

  1. Posted on Thursday 3 July 2008 - 16:59
    AfricaNews editor
    Lameck Nyagudi, AfricaNews photo reporter in Nairobi, Kenya
    It's wrong to think that old tyres can no longer serve for anything. A great number of Kenyans are wearing sandals made from those tyres known as Akala. AfricaNews photo reporter Lameck Nyagudi features the Akala in the pictures below.
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