Kibera slum - Africa`s next largest slum


  • Photographer
    Robert McPherson
  • Prize
    Honorable Mention
  • Date of Photograph
    September 2009
  • Technical Info
    Camera Nikon D3

Kibera is Africa's next largest slum and it is located in Nairobi, Kenya. It houses one million people squeezed into less than a square mile. Most people living in Kibera have little or no access to basic necessities, such as electricity, clean water, toilet facility and sewage disposal. The combination of poor nutrition and lack of sanitation accounts for many illnesses and deaths.Kibera is one of the most densely populated places on the planet. Life expectancy in Kibera is 30 years of age. The pictures submitted are a journal of everydaylife in the Kibera slum.

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