The Aberdare region of Kenya was the setting for a hedonism last seen in the Wolf of Wallstreet. Known as the “Happy Valley,” the Happy Valley Set were a group of white settlers who turned Kenya into their personal playground. Replete with drink, drugs, and sex. Utajua hujui, the story of the Happy Valley.

Sources:

https://oldafricamagazine.com/what-brought-lord-delamere-to-kenya/

https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/magazine/the-delameres-open-up-their-home-and-hearts-1403010

https://therake.com/stories/happy-valley-set/

https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-101230

Nicolas Best, Happy Valley Set: The Story of the English in Kenya

Juliet Barnes, The Ghosts of the Happy Valley

Juanita Carberry, Child of Happy Valley

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