slum

Slum-Dwelling Still a Continental Trend in Africa

By Jeffrey Moyo
Nompumelelo Tshabalala, 41, emerges from her dwarf ‘shack’ made up of rusty metal sheets and falls short of bumping into this reporter as she bends down to avoid knocking her head against the top part of her makeshift door frame.

‘Je Suis Favela’ – Bringing Brazilian Books to the French

By A. D. McKenzie
Long before the attack in Paris that inspired the slogan “Je Suis Charlie”, a young French publisher had released a collection of stories titled je suis favela about life in Brazilian slums.


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