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A Community Amid Slums: Living In 100 Square Feet

Posted by: Chris Steins
Thanks to: Chris Steins
16 July 2004 - 5:00am

The L.A. Times presents the fourth report in a series on Africa's swelling slums. This article focuses on a community known as 'Deep Sea'.

"About 1,500 people are crammed into this treacherously steep four-acre warren. They live on less than a dollar a day, and this is the best shelter they can afford... Nairobi's slums, where more than half of the city's 3 million people live on 5% of the land, are the first stop for the new arrivals. Despite the wretched conditions, most people must pay to live here. As the slums grow more crowded and destitute, the land becomes more precious. A network of tribal leaders, government officials and other slumlords profits handsomely." [Editor's note: Includes a variety of photo galleries.]

Full Story: Squalor everywhere, but still this is a neighborhood
Source: The Los Angeles Times, October 25, 2005
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