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Kibera

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Kibera (Nubian: Forest or Jungle) is a division of Nairobi Area, Kenya, and neighbourhood of the city of Nairobi, from the city centre. [1]

95 relations: Africa, Ban Ki-moon, BBC, Berlin International Film Festival, Bill Bryson, British Empire, CARE (relief agency), Carjacking, Carolina for Kibera, Community Support Group, Daily Nation, Dar es Salaam, Dharavi, Facing the Future School, Fernando Meirelles, Flying toilet, Gatwekera, Hectare, Hollywood, Hot Sun Films, Hot Sun Foundation, Indenture, International Journal of African Historical Studies, Istanbul, John le Carré, Kamba people, Kawangware, Kenya, Kiambiu, Kianda, Kibera Kid, Kikuyu people, King's African Rifles, Kisii people, Kisumu Ndogo, Korogocho, Laini Saba, Landlord, Lindi, Nairobi, List of slums, List of slums in Kenya, Luhya people, Luo people (Kenya), Majengo, Nairobi, Margaret Wanjiru, Mashimoni, Matatu, Mathare, Matopeni, Methane, ..., Minimum wage, Mukuru kwa Njenga, Mumbai, Nairobi, Nairobi River, Neighbourhood, Non-governmental organization, Nubian languages, Nubians, Pamoja FM, PCEA Silanga High School, Plaintiff, Population density, Poverty, Presbyterian Church of East Africa, Raila Odinga, Reality television, Robert Neuwirth, Sarah McLachlan, Sense8, Sewage, Siranga, Slum, Slum clearance, Slum upgrading, Soita Shitanda, Sorious Samura, Soweto East, Sultanbeyli, Tanzania, The Constant Gardener, The Constant Gardener (film), The Economist, Togetherness Supreme, Toi Market, Topography, Tribalism, Uganda Railway, United Nations, United Nations Human Settlements Programme, United States dollar, Urban area, Village, Wayback Machine, World on Fire (Sarah McLachlan song). Expand index (45 more) »

Africa

Africa is the world's second largest and second most-populous continent (behind Asia in both categories).

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Ban Ki-moon

Ban Ki-moon (born 13 June 1944) is a South Korean politician and diplomat who was the eighth Secretary-General of the United Nations from January 2007 to December 2016.

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BBC

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster.

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Berlin International Film Festival

The Berlin International Film Festival (Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin), usually called the Berlinale, is a film festival held annually in Berlin, Germany.

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Bill Bryson

William McGuire Bryson (born 8 December 1951) is an Anglo-American author of books on travel, the English language, science, and other non-fiction topics.

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British Empire

The British Empire comprised the dominions, colonies, protectorates, mandates and other territories ruled or administered by the United Kingdom and its predecessor states.

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CARE (relief agency)

CARE (Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere, formerly Cooperative for American Remittances to Europe) is a major international humanitarian agency delivering emergency relief and long-term international development projects.

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Carjacking

Carjacking is a robbery in which the item taken over is a motor vehicle.

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Carolina for Kibera

Founded in 2001 by Rye Barcott, Salim Mohamed, and the late Tabitha Atieno Festo, Carolina for Kibera is a 501(c)(3) international non-governmental organization based in the Kibera slum of Nairobi, Kenya.

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Community Support Group

Community Support Group (CSG) is a national community-based organization working in three areas of Kenya: Kibera (a slum in Nairobi), Kisumu and Ugenya.

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Daily Nation

The Daily Nation is the highest circulation Kenyan independent newspaper with 170,000 copies.

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Dar es Salaam

Dar es Salaam (Dar) (from دار السلام, "the house of peace"; formerly Mzizima) is the former capital as well as the most populous city in Tanzania and a regionally important economic centre.

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Dharavi

Dharavi is a locality in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.

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Facing the Future School

Facing the Future school is a school located in Mashimoni, Kibera.

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Fernando Meirelles

Fernando Ferreira Meirelles (born November 9, 1955) is a Brazilian film director, producer and screenwriter.

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Flying toilet

A flying toilet is a facetious name for a plastic bag that is used as a simple collection device for human faeces when there is a lack of proper toilets (people are forced to practise open defecation).

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Gatwekera

Gatwekera (Gatuikira) is a part of Kibera slum in Nairobi.

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Hectare

The hectare (SI symbol: ha) is an SI accepted metric system unit of area equal to a square with 100 meter sides, or 10,000 m2, and is primarily used in the measurement of land.

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Hollywood

Hollywood is a neighborhood in the central region of Los Angeles, California.

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Hot Sun Films

HOT SUN FILMS, is an award-winning film/video production and training company based in East Africa.

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Hot Sun Foundation

Hot Sun Foundation is a non-profit organization that works in Nairobi, Kenya with young people from urban slums and other marginalized communities of East Africa to train and expose their talents and potential on the world stage.

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Indenture

An indenture is a legal contract that reflects or covers a debt or purchase obligation.

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International Journal of African Historical Studies

The International Journal of African Historical Studies publishes peer reviewed articles on all aspects of African history.

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Istanbul

Istanbul (or or; İstanbul), historically known as Constantinople and Byzantium, is the most populous city in Turkey and the country's economic, cultural, and historic center.

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John le Carré

David John Moore Cornwell (born 19 October 1931), better known by the pen name John le Carré, is a British author of espionage novels.

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Kamba people

The Kamba or Akamba people are a Bantu ethnic group - or tribe - who live in the semi-arid formerly Eastern Province of Kenya stretching east from Nairobi to Tsavo and north up to Embu, Kenya.

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Kawangware

Kawangware is a slum in Nairobi, Kenya, about 15 km west of the city centre, between Lavington and Dagoretti.

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Kenya

Kenya, officially the Republic of Kenya, is a country in Africa with its capital and largest city in Nairobi.

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Kiambiu

Kiambiu (sometimes spelled as Kiambio) is a slum in Nairobi, Kenya with 40-50,000 residents.

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Kianda

In Angolan mythology, Kianda is a goddess of the sea, deity of the waters, protector of the fishermen.

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Kibera Kid

Kibera Kid is an award winning short film set in the Kibera slums in Nairobi, Kenya.

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Kikuyu people

The Kikuyu (also Akikûyu/Agikuyu/Gikuyu) is the largest ethnic group in Kenya.

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King's African Rifles

The King's African Rifles (KAR) was a multi-battalion British colonial regiment raised from Britain's various possessions in East Africa from 1902 until independence in the 1960s.

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Kisii people

The Kisii (also known as Abagusii) is a community of Bantu people who inhabit two counties: Kisii (formerly Kisii District) and Nyamira in Nyanza Province, Western Kenya.

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Kisumu Ndogo

Kisumu Ndogo is a part of Kibera slum in Nairobi.

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Korogocho

Korogocho is one of the largest slum neighbourhoods of Nairobi, Kenya.

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Laini Saba

Laini Saba is a suburb of Nairobi, the capital of Kenya.

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Landlord

A landlord is the owner of a house, apartment, condominium, land or real estate which is rented or leased to an individual or business, who is called a tenant (also a lessee or renter).

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Lindi, Nairobi

Lindi is a suburb of Nairobi, the capital of Kenya.

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List of slums

This is a list of slums.

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List of slums in Kenya

This is a list of slums in Kenya.

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Luhya people

The Luhya (also known as Abaluyia or Luyia) are a Bantu ethnic group in Kenya.

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Luo people (Kenya)

The Luo (also called Joluo or Jonagi/Onagi, singular Jaluo, Jaonagi or Joramogi/Nyikwaramogi, meaning "Ramogi's heirs") are an ethnic group in western Kenya, northern Uganda, and in Mara Region in northern Tanzania.

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Majengo, Nairobi

Majengo is a slum in Kenya.

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Margaret Wanjiru

is a Kenyan politician and a Bishop at Jesus is Alive Ministries (JIAM).She is also popularly known as 'Mama Na Kazi' She belongs to Jubilee Party after leaving ODM party and was elected to represent the Starehe Constituency in the National Assembly of Kenya since the Kenyan parliamentary election, 2007.

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Mashimoni

Mashimoni is a part of Kibera slum in Nairobi.

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Matatu

In Kenya and neighbouring nations, matatu (or matatus) are privately owned minibuses serving as share taxis; in the past, pick-up trucks and estate cars were also pressed into service.

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Mathare

Mathare is a collection of slums in Nairobi, Kenya with a population of approximately 500,000 people; the population of Mathare Valley alone, the oldest of the slums that make up Mathare, is 180,000 people.

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Matopeni

Matopeni is a slum in Kenya.

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Methane

Methane is a chemical compound with the chemical formula (one atom of carbon and four atoms of hydrogen).

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Minimum wage

A minimum wage is the lowest remuneration that employers can legally pay their workers.

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Mukuru kwa Njenga

Mukuru kwa Njenga is a slum in the East of Nairobi, the capital of Kenya.

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Mumbai

Mumbai (also known as Bombay, the official name until 1995) is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra.

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Nairobi

Nairobi is the capital and the largest city of Kenya.

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Nairobi River

Nairobi River is a river flowing through the Kenyan capital Nairobi.

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Neighbourhood

A neighbourhood (British English), or neighborhood (American English; see spelling differences), is a geographically localised community within a larger city, town, suburb or rural area.

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Non-governmental organization

Non-governmental organizations, nongovernmental organizations, or nongovernment organizations, commonly referred to as NGOs, are usually non-profit and sometimes international organizations independent of governments and international governmental organizations (though often funded by governments) that are active in humanitarian, educational, health care, public policy, social, human rights, environmental, and other areas to effect changes according to their objectives.

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Nubian languages

The Nubian languages (لغات نوبية) are a group of related languages spoken by the Nubians of Nubia, a region along the Nile in southern Egypt and northern Sudan.

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Nubians

Nubians are an ethnolinguistic group indigenous to present-day Sudan and southern Egypt who originate from the early inhabitants of the central Nile valley, believed to be one of the earliest cradles of civilization.

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Pamoja FM

Pamoja FM is a community radio station based in Kibera slums in Nairobi, Kenya.

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PCEA Silanga High School

PCEA Silanga High School is a Christian-foundation based mixed secondary school in Kibera, Nairobi, Kenya.

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Plaintiff

A plaintiff (Π in legal shorthand) is the party who initiates a lawsuit (also known as an action) before a court.

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Population density

Population density (in agriculture: standing stock and standing crop) is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume; it is a quantity of type number density.

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Poverty

Poverty is the scarcity or the lack of a certain (variant) amount of material possessions or money.

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Presbyterian Church of East Africa

Presbyterian Church of East Africa (PCEA) is a Presbyterian denomination headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya.

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Raila Odinga

Raila Amolo Odinga (born 7 January 1945) is a former prime minister of Kenya.

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Reality television

Reality television is a genre of television programming that documents supposedly unscripted real-life situations, and often features an otherwise unknown cast of individuals who are typically not professional actors, although in some shows celebrities may participate.

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Robert Neuwirth

Robert Neuwirth is an American journalist, author, and investigative reporter.

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Sarah McLachlan

Sarah Ann McLachlan, OC, OBC (born January 28, 1968) is a Canadian singer and songwriter known for her emotional ballads and mezzo-soprano vocal range.

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Sense8

Sense8 (a play on the word sensate) is an American science fiction drama web television series created by Lana and Lilly Wachowski and J. Michael Straczynski for Netflix.

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Sewage

Sewage (or domestic wastewater or municipal wastewater) is a type of wastewater that is produced from a community of people.

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Siranga

Siranga is a part of Kibera slum in Nairobi.

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Slum

A slum is a highly populated urban residential area consisting mostly of closely packed, decrepit housing units in a situation of deteriorated or incomplete infrastructure, inhabited primarily by impoverished persons.

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Slum clearance

Slum clearance, slum eviction or slum removal is an urban renewal strategy used to transform low income settlements with poor reputation into another type of development or housing.

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Slum upgrading

Slum upgrading is an urban renewal strategy which consists of a demolition to slums, undertaken cooperatively by large corporations to make way for hotels and various other institutions.

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Soita Shitanda

Soita Shitanda (November 9, 1959 – May 24, 2016) was a Kenyan politician.

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Sorious Samura

Sorious Samura (born 27 October 1963) is a Sierra Leonean journalist.

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Soweto East

Soweto East is a part of Kibera slum in Nairobi.

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Sultanbeyli

Sultanbeyli is a district of Istanbul, Turkey, located inland on the Asian side of the city.

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Tanzania

Tanzania, officially the United Republic of Tanzania (Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania), is a sovereign state in eastern Africa within the African Great Lakes region.

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The Constant Gardener

The Constant Gardener is a 2001 novel by British author John le Carré.

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The Constant Gardener (film)

The Constant Gardener is a 2005 political thriller film directed by Fernando Meirelles.

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The Economist

The Economist is an English-language weekly magazine-format newspaper owned by the Economist Group and edited at offices in London.

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Togetherness Supreme

Togetherness Supreme is a 2010 Kenyan film.

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Toi Market

The Toi market is a market located in the outskirts of Kibera slum, Nairobi, Kenya.

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Topography

Topography is the study of the shape and features of the surface of the Earth and other observable astronomical objects including planets, moons, and asteroids.

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Tribalism

Tribalism is the state of being organized by, or advocating for, tribes or tribal lifestyles.

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Uganda Railway

Mainly built to serve as a transport system of carrying goods such as minerals from interior Uganda and the Magadi section in Kenya, the once famous railway also faced some drawbacks to its completion.

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United Nations

The United Nations (UN) is an intergovernmental organization tasked to promote international cooperation and to create and maintain international order.

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United Nations Human Settlements Programme

The United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN–Habitat) is the United Nations agency for human settlements and sustainable urban development.

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United States dollar

The United States dollar (sign: $; code: USD; also abbreviated US$ and referred to as the dollar, U.S. dollar, or American dollar) is the official currency of the United States and its insular territories per the United States Constitution since 1792.

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Urban area

An urban area is a human settlement with high population density and infrastructure of built environment.

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Village

A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town, with a population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand.

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Wayback Machine

The Wayback Machine is a digital archive of the World Wide Web and other information on the Internet.

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World on Fire (Sarah McLachlan song)

"World on Fire" is a song by Sarah McLachlan, from her Afterglow album (2003).

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kibera

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