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Kibera: living in the slum

We hear from residents of Africa's biggest slum, Kibera, about their struggles and aspirations, busting the myths and stereotypes about being poor and powerless

13 April 2020

  • A community handwashing station in Kibera

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    Kennedy Odede
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17 August 2019

  • Musician Samson Otieno aka Tymilyfe in Kibera, Nairobi, Kenya

    Samson Otieno: 'Without art I don’t think I would be where I am today'

    In the final instalment of the Kibera series, the musician describes his journey from Kenya’s largest slum to London

15 August 2019

  • George Okewa

    'The people have power': Kenya's gang leader turned community builder

    After becoming the criminal kingpin of Kibera slum, George Okewa rejected violence for local leadership

13 August 2019

  • Elsie Ayoo, 16, a young passionate ballet dancer, trains along a busy street corner in Kibera. Ballet dancing is being taught at schools in Kibera through an arts program run by charities Anno’s Africa and One Fine Day, providing alternative Arts and education to children in Kenya.

    Joy, despair and determination: photographs from Kibera

    Despite its poverty, Kibera is a vibrant place where people survive in testing conditions. These images by photographers born and bred there capture the spirit of Africa’s largest slum

12 August 2019

  • Kibera Rapid Paramedics main ambulance Kibers first responders, Kibera, Nairobi, Kenya

    ‘We won’t refuse anyone in need’: the paramedics taking on Nairobi’s slum

    In Kenya’s Kibera, where government ambulance teams daren’t go, a local has taken matters into her own hands

10 August 2019

  • Men share a dish of pilau rice for lunch during Eid Mubarak celebrations.

    Eating and drinking in Africa's largest slum – in pictures

    Despite poverty, lack of refrigeration and a constant battle for cleanliness, the residents of Kibera are resourceful with the food they eat and sell. Fried fish, samosas, and bean dishes are all on the menu, reflecting the cultural mix of those who call the area home

8 August 2019

  • From left: Faizun Omondi, 15, Cody Achieng with her baby Gary, Chelsea Dina, nine, and Denellythar June, eight, pose for a photograph at their home in the Kibera slum in Nairobi.

    'I fear for the children': the families battling to beat the odds in Kibera – photo essay

    Family takes many shapes and guises – and in Africa’s largest slum the ties of love and blood are especially tested, cruelly sculpted by epidemics like HIV as well as strained by economic and climate crisesAll photographs by Kate Holt

7 August 2019

  • Kibera's entrepreneurs. All photographs by Kate Holt

    'There’s a lot of weirdness in a slum': making a living in Kenya's anarchic mud city

  • A young boy stands on top of a rubbish dump that has developped by the side of the road in Kibera Slum in Nairobi, Kenya Wednesday, May 1, 2019. Kibera is one of the largest slums in Africa and is home to an estimated 500,000 people most of whom live on less than one dollar a day.

    I spent 21 years of my life angry before I realised we in the slums must lead change

    Kennedy Odede

6 August 2019

  • A mural at an entrance to Kibera slum calls for justice for the death of Carilton Maina.

    'If we don’t kill these people, they will kill you': policing Africa's largest slum

  • 'They just eliminate us': Are Kenya's police getting away with murder? - video

5 August 2019

  • Editar Ochieng leaves a chemist in Kibera having purchased termination pills

    ‘We lose so many’: the threefold tragedy of babies, mothers and abortion in Kibera

  • KENYA_GUARDIAN_KIBERA<br>Edita Ochieng, a womans' right activitist poses for a photograph in a shelter she runs for women who have experienced sexual and gender based violence in Kibera Slum in Nairobi, Kenya Monday, April 29, 2019. Kibera is one of the largest slums in Africa and is home to an estimated 500,000 people most of whom live on less than one dollar a day. Women and young girls are regularly subject to violent sexual attacks.

    The women fighting back in Kenya's biggest slum

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