81-85 of 92 matching articles 5 20 100 All Reinventing the shack will not get the poor out of slum conditions Kerwin Datu • 31 August 2010 Vijay Govindarajan's proposal to design a $300 one-room shed to solve the world's housing problems is riddled with stereotypes and prejudices. The history of violence in Jos, Nigeria IRIN • 27 May 2010 The population of Jos is divided between the largely Muslim Hausa and three Christian ethnicities--the Burom, Anaguta and Afizere. It's the Nigerian government clinging to colonial ideas, not the makers of BBC2 documentary 'Welcome to Lagos' Kerwin Datu • 4 May 2010 The Nigerian government is demonstrating a strangely Eurocentric mindset in its display of anger over the BBC2 documentary, Welcome to Lagos, which shows only a people who are resourceful, enterprising, organised and content. In defence of America's informal settlements: the campers of San Francisco Martha Bridegam • 20 November 2012 We tend to believe that wealthy countries don't have informal settlements. Not only is this false, but it allows western governments to further marginalise an already misunderstood community. LA’s bad planning, brought to you by voters: knocking the poor out of the park Drew Reed • 18 June 2013 A democracy is only as good as the people who participate in it. How the Dodgers Stadium displaced working-class residents from Chavez Ravine. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
