Safari Martins leads his client Ian Njenga into a sparse shack on the rural roadside in Kiambu, at the edge of metropolitan Nairobi. On the shackβs wooden walls hang a shovel, iron, agricultural shears and a wrench, but Njenga is not there to buy equipment. He's there to get a haircut.
"I just use unconventional tools,β Martins says, smiling, moments before sliding a razor-sharp shovel edge across Njengaβs head, lopping off a swath of hair in the first of a series of moves that yields a surprisingly clean haircut.
Unconventional tools are a hallmark fo
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