Tag: Slums
Nanterre, from the slums of the 1950s to utopia, then to the riots
The shantytown of Nanterre, where a large number of Algerian immigrant families lived, on March 24, 1964. In the background, the large housing estates. AFP This morning of November 2,…
“In Mayotte, slums are a lesser evil”
Slum district of Kawéni, in Mayotte, on April 30, 2023. MORGAN ANGRY FOR “THE WORLD” Co-founder of the AIR Architectures agency, Cyrille Hanappe is educational director, with Pascal Chombart de…
Music from Nigeria’s slums – Afrobeats conquer the world – News
Contents Afrobeats is Nigeria’s most popular export. The music can also be found in the Swiss hit parade. The song Calm Down by Rema, for example, has been in the…
LeBron James: From the slums to the top of the NBA
LeBronJames From the slums to the top of the NBA LeBron James with his children, his wife and his mother Gloria (right). © Imago Images/USA TODAY Network LeBron James has…
At least 18 dead in Rio slums
Another police operation in a favela in Rio resulted in many deaths. It is the third bloody operation in about a year since the inauguration of Governor Cláudio Castro, an…
In France, more and more non-Europeans in the slums
An asylum seeker during the evacuation of a migrant camp, mainly from Afghanistan, by the police in Pantin (Seine-Saint-Denis), May 11, 2022. JULIAN DE ROSA / AFP The objective was…
Slums in Bordeaux: “The goal is to get out of squats”, says the president of Bordeaux Métropole
At the start of the year, approximately 1,400 people live in 108 squats or shantytowns in the Métropole – as revealed by “Sud Ouest” in its survey on the Bidonvilles:…
Slums in Bordeaux, behind the scenes: our file
Slums in Bordeaux, behind the scenes: our file Immersion in these hamlets of precarious habitats in the four corners of the Bordeaux metropolis. Far from the postcard, the families tell…