From hawker to a shopping giant

Lessons for Kenya as a Karibu, a black bookstore, grows to become a power in Washington DC.

Sana and his partner Yao Ahoto started selling books from a street vending table in the District in 1992. Today, they have four stores in malls in Hyattsville, Bowie, Hillcrest Heights and Forestville. They also operate a kiosk in Pentagon City Mall in Arlington.